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

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

meals

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have been eaten compared to fast

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and other

food

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from 1970 to 2000.

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it is clear that

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

also

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see that the number of fast

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meals

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experienced a dramatic increase between 1970 and 2000.

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

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budget, accounting for 90%,

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decreasing by 40% approximately in 2000.

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, the percentage of spending on

restaurants

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

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

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restaurants

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and general

restaurants

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. Having junk

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

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meals

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at general

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were half from just under 50 times a year.