The graph shows the changes in food consumption by Chinese people between 1985 and 2010.

The line chart illustrates the portion of food that China's citizens ate from 1985 to 2010.

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, there was a slight increase in meat consumption over the years,

while

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there was a drastic decrease in salt use.

On the other hand

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, the number of fish that was served in households was quite fluctuating. Based on the given statistic, each person ate only 100 grammes of flesh per week in 1985.

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,

this

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ratio gradually inclined to less than twice in 2010. Reversely, there was a huge quantity of salt and fish eaten at the beginning of the study, each at 500 grammes and 600 grammes, respectively. Albeit

this

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rate is quite high, people

then

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gently digest less natrium in the next few decades, down to the exact same point as the meat

at the end

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of the research.

This

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condition was widely different from fish consumption, which fluctuated through time. For a quarter of a century, the inhabitants constantly consumed more protein from water than from any other source.