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The statistics show that prior to the year 1960, less than half of one percent of adolescents had been vegetarians.

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The statistics show that prior to the
year
 1960, less than half of one
percent
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 of
adolescents
 had been vegetarians. Consumption of vegetarian foods
also
 gradually
rise
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 among
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adolescents
 and reached
it’s
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 plateau of 15% in
year
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 1980 among teenagers.
This
 is the time that the most considerable increase of vegetarians among
UK
adolescents
 was recorded. Shifting gears, after 1980, the proportion of vegetarian
adolescents
 failed to increase as it did before 1980 and
instead
 started decreasing. The proportion had come down to about 7% by 1990 and
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further
 was reduced to about 4 % by the
year
 1995.
This
 period witnessed a significant decline in the dietary trends that involved vegetarianism
on
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 teenagers. The graph that was prepared based on the survey data depicting the percentage of adolescent vegetarians
also
 reveals that there are slight oscillations in
this
 index between 1995 and 2005. It oscillated up and down and was even with the 5% threshold at its midway point;
thus
, it can be said that there was no clear trend either up or down in the percentage. Starting from the
year
 2005, there was a slight increment in the percentage of vegetarian
adolescents
 again. In a survey conducted among the
adolescents
 in
UK
 in 2015, the number was slightly higher; around 10% showed that vegetarianism was popular among
UK
 youths again. It
however
 looks as though in
the
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recent years there has been an acceptance of vegetarian diets. The plot shows a pattern of shifts in
magnitude
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 of the share of
UK
adolescents
 that absorbed vegetarian diets over the lifespan of six decades. It drew a steep increase from 1960 to 1980, a huge drop till
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mid 1990s
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. Since
then
 there have been
minima
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 variations and the gradual climb from 2005 to 2020, in a number of changes that depict the alteration of diet preference by
adolescents
.
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task achievement
Your essay covers the key points of the data effectively, but it would benefit from a stronger introduction and conclusion to frame the discussion more clearly.
task achievement
Clarify some of the vague phrases and ensure more precise use of language. For example, 'a further was reduced' could be 'it further reduced'.
coherence cohesion
While your essay follows a logical structure, it could be improved by explicitly summarizing the key trends in your concluding sentence.
task achievement
You have included specific observations from each time period, which demonstrates a good grasp of the data.
coherence cohesion
Your essay flows logically and each paragraph transitions smoothly to the next, maintaining coherence.

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