The chart shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013.

The bar chart below illustrates data about the frequency of having a meal in fast

food

restaurants in the USA in a ten-year period, from 2003 to 2013.

Overall

,

while

the proportion of

people

who eat out fast foods once or twice a month, and a few times a year increased over the decade, other frequency categories have experienced a drop. If we look at the figures for 2003, the highest proportion of

people

used to consume junk

food

once a week, at more than 30%.

By contrast

, less than 5% of

people

had their meal in a fast

food

restaurant once a day, and it was the lowest figure for that year. Despite the considerable rise in the percentage of

people

who ate several times a week and once a week in 2006, these figures

then

plummeted to their lowest in 2013, accounting for marginally above 15% and well under 30%, respectively. Another significant change is in the percentage of

people

who ate fast

food

once or twice a month. In 2003, they accounted for 30%;

however

, despite experiencing a reduction of 5% in 2006, the figure

then

peaked at more than 30%.