Task 1: The chart shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast-food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The above chart shows us how the frequency of fast

food

consumption has changed in the USA between the years 2003 and 2013. The figure above shows the data collected in 2003, 2006, and 2013; having data from 2006 gives us the added benefit of being able to see if the trends observed in the graph are consistent or variable. The first thing one notices when presented with the above figure is the shape of the curve, which follows the normal distribution;

this

means that the value of the graph is highest at its median point and

then

tapers off in either direction. In our case,

this

tells us that most people consume fast

food

on a weekly to monthly basis

while

the number of people who consume fast

food

either every day or never is quite less. If we were to strike a direct comparison between the years 2003, and 2013, we can observe that people have started to migrate from eating fast

food

on a daily to weekly basis to consuming it on a monthly or even yearly basis indicating a rise in awareness about the effects of

such

food

on one's health.