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 bar charts compare the proportion of the average household expenditure on

food

over the period of 30 years, and the line graph illustrates how many

meals

have been eaten compared to fast

food

and other

food

from 1970 to 2000.

Overall

,

it is clear that

significantly more people prefer cooking at home to dining out. We can

also

see that the number of fast

food

meals

experienced a dramatic increase between 1970 and 2000.

According to

the bar charts, in 1790, home cooking was by far the most for

food

budget, accounting for 90%,

while

decreasing by 40% approximately in 2000.

However

, the percentage of spending on

restaurants

witnessed a stable growth from a mere 10% to 50%. Looking at the number of

meals

, in 1970, representing the same figure roughly 20 times per year in junk

food

restaurants

and general

restaurants

. Having junk

meals

service dramatically increased to approximately 90 times a year in 2000,

whereas

meals

at general

restaurants

were half from just under 50 times a year.