The chart shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013.

The bar chart illustrates the frequency with which people in the USA dined at

fast-food

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outlets from 2003 to 2013.

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, during all three years, a significantly higher proportion of the US population frequented

fast-food

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restaurants either once a week or once or twice a month.

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, only a small percentage ate there daily or never visited at all. In both 2003 and 2006, approximately 31% to 33% of Americans ate at

fast-food

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restaurants once a week, though

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proportion moderately declined to around 27% by 2013.

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, those dining at these establishments once or twice a month constituted a significant portion of the population across these years.

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decreased from 30% in 2003 to 25% in 2006,

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increased to about 33% in 2013. The proportion of individuals eating at

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restaurants several times a week fluctuated between 15% and 20%,

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those eating there a few times a year increased from roughly 13% to 15% over the period.

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, in none of the three years did more than 5% of people fall into the "

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" or "never" categories.