The graph below shows food consumption in Australia between 1950 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

This

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line graph illustrates the amount of food (

vegetables

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, fruit, meat bread and seafood) eaten by Australians in

kilograms

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per individual between 1950 and 2010.

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, there were fluctuations in the volume of food consumed with the most significant changes in the consumption of fruits.

Vegetables

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were consumed the most

whereas

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seafood was consumed the least. In 1950, 140

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of

vegetables

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were eaten by a

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annually,

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figure fluctuated between 120 and 140

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over the next 20 years.

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, since 1990, a sharp increase in the consumption of

vegetables

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was observed reaching a peak of 160

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per

person

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per annum.

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, the consumption of fruits fluctuated till 1980 after which it gradually increased to 140

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by 2010. Around 110

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of meat and 40

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of bread were consumed by each

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in 1950. The former remained fairly constant till 1980, after which a peak of 120

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in observed in the following decade,

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figure

then

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gradually declined settling at 80

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by 2010. The figures for the latter climbed steadily reaching a peak of just over 60

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by 1970,

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then

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fell gradually before settling at 60

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by 2010. Interestingly, over sixty years the amount of seafood consumed remained the same at 20

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per

person

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each year.