The graph below shows the consumption of fish and different kinds of meat in a European country between 1979 and 2004.

The line chart illustrates information about the proportion of the consumption of fish and various types of meat in European countries from 1979 to 2004.

Overall

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, we can see beef experienced a downward trend,

while

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chicken showed an upward trend throughout the period. Both lamb and fish

initially

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had a lower rate it outraced beef

at the end

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of the period.

In contrast

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, chicken's consumption rate was about 150 in 19979 being lower than beef's rate by approximately above 200.

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, it Rose to almost above 200 in 1989.

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, the figure shows a gradual decrease to under 250 in 1994 and continued to climb steadily to the end of the period, reaching around 250 in 2004.