The graph below shows the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meats in a European country between 1979 and 2004. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line chart given

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the amount of various types of food consumed in different nations in

European

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Europe

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over a period from 1979 to 2004. From an

overall

perspective, it is evident that the consumption of chicken showed an upward trend,

whereas

a reverse pattern could be seen in the figures for the

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other

categories over the years shown. At the beginning of the period, the amount of beef consumed was highest, at about 230

grams

. The data on lamb and chicken were lower, at about 150

grams

and 140

grams

, respectively. Meanwhile, fish accounted for the lowest number, approximately 60

grams

. In the following years, the quantity of chicken ingested saw a fluctuating rise to 250

grams

per person in 2004,

whereas

after reaching a peak of around 240

grams

in 1982, that of beef sharply decreased to about 110

grams

at the end

of the period.

Similarly

, the data on lamb and fish gradually dropped to somewhere in the vicinity of approximately 60

grams

and 50

grams

, in the given order in the

last

year.