Task 1: The chart shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast-food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The bar chart compares how frequently

Americans

ate in fast-

food

restaurants

in three separate years (2003, 2006, and 2016)

Overall

, the proportion of people eating in fast-

food

restaurants

daily accounts for the lowest percentage in all three years.

While

most

Americans

went to fast-

food

restaurants

once a week between 2003, and 2006, and once or twice a month in 2013. In 2003 and 2006, more than one-third of

Americans

ate in fast

food

restaurants

once a week, but the number decreased to around 27% in 2013. The proportion of

Americans

who consumed fast

food

once or twice a month between 2003, and 2006 declined by an appropriate 2%, and 8% respectively.

While

increasing by 6% in 2013. The proportion of people who had fast

food

several times a week fluctuated between around 16% and 20%, and these percentages were slightly higher than the figures for those eating

this

food

a few times a year. Daily eaters and people who never ate fast

food

accounted for very small percentages, ranging from just 3% to 5%.