The charts below show the percentage of their food budget the average family spent on restaurant meals in different years. The graph shows the number of meals eaten in fast food restaurants and sit-down restaurants. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The four pie charts illustrate the proportion of

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budget

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spent on

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meals

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and home cooking for every family from 1970 to 2000 and the line graph displays different numbers of

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taken in fast

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and

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restaurants from 1970 to 2000 respectively. As the charts show, the rate of

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meals

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occupied 10% and the rate of home cooking's

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took up 90% in 1970, followed by the proportion of money spent on canteen

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was 15% in 1980. After the proportion of their

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spent on

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outdoor

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for every family occupied 35%, it hit

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equal point, which means that the rate of

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meals

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and home cooking's

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were the same in 2000. When it comes to the linear graph, the

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of

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taken in fast

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canteen and the

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of

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restaurant

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meals

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started at the same point, which is 20 in 1970.

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restaurant

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meals

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surpassed the

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of fast

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meals

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to about 33% in 1980.

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, the

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of take-away

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meals

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grew faster than the

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of

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restaurant

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meals

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to around 53% in 1990, before the

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of take-away

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meals

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ascended to around 90% in 2000. To summarise, the percentage of

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food

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budget

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spent on canteen

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and the

number

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of fast

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and

sitdown

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restaurant

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meals

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all revealed

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increasing trajectory.