The graph below shows the consumption of fish and some different kinds of meat in Europe country between 1979 and 2004.

This

line chart demonstrates how many

grams

of

meat

were consumed by European citizens weekly from 1979 to 2004. In general,

chicken

meat

showed gradual growth and fish

meat

indicated steady growth of

grams

in the whole year. Unfortunately,

beef

and

lamb

experienced a gradual decrease in

grams

. In 1979, European people mostly ate

beef

, about 210

grams

per week, followed by

lamb

with 150

grams

per week. Several years later, the consumption of

chicken

surpassed

lamb

, from approximately 140

grams

to 170

grams

, making

chicken

meat

ranked second below

beef

. In 1989, the number of

grams

of

beef

exceeded

chicken

because it went down. At the same time, fish

meat

showed steady growth from the beginning. From 1994 to 1999, the number of

grams

of

lamb

started to rise even though it went down the following year. From 1999 to 2004,

chicken

experienced a rapid surge, from roughly 230

grams

to 247

grams

. At the same time, the trend of

beef

and

lamb

consumed by European citizens plummeted drastically, to 120

grams

and 70

grams

, respectively.

Nevertheless

, fish demonstrated a small increase in

grams

during

this

period.