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

The bar chart compares the percentage of the USA residents, who went to order fast

food

restaurants over a decade in three separate

years

.

Overall

, it was more common for Americans to eat fast

food

once or twice a week in 2013,

while

the highest proportion of consumers in 2003 and 2006 ate once a week.

Also

, in all the

years

shown in question, the lowest number of

people

every single day ate in fast

food

restaurants. Looking at the details, less than 5% of

people

ate fast

food

in all three

years

although

the figure for year 2003 was slightly higher than those in other

years

. In 2006,

people

tended to eat fast

food

at least once or several times a week, more than in 2003 and 2013.

By contrast

, about 25% of the USA habitants consumed fast

food

once or twice a month, which was lower than those in 2003 and 2013 at approximately one-third of the population.

In addition

, nearly 15% of

people

preferred to eat fast

food

rarely in 2006 and 2013;

however

, the proportion of

people

in 2003 was not quite as high at 13%.

Next,

just similar to those who ordered fast

food

every day, the percentage of Americans who never consumed fast

food

was at 5% and lower.