The chart illustrates the annual
consumption
rates of three different types of fast food—Use synonyms
hamburgers
, Use synonyms
pizza
, and fried Use synonyms
chicken
—by Mauritian teenagers from 1985 to 2015.
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Overall
, the data reveals a substantial decline in Linking Words
pizza
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consumption
over the 40-Use synonyms
year
period, Use synonyms
whereas
the Linking Words
consumption
of both fried Use synonyms
chicken
and Use synonyms
hamburgers
saw a marked increase, with Use synonyms
hamburgers
eventually surpassing the other two foods.
In 1985, teenagers consumed an average of 10 Use synonyms
hamburgers
per Use synonyms
year
. Use synonyms
This
Linking Words
number
doubled by 1990, continuing to rise steadily. By 2000, the Use synonyms
consumption
of fried Use synonyms
chicken
surpassed that of the other fast foods, reaching 40 times per Use synonyms
year
. During the same Use synonyms
year
, Use synonyms
pizza
and Use synonyms
hamburgers
were consumed approximately 37 times each.
From 2000 to 2015, Use synonyms
pizza
Use synonyms
consumption
experienced a sharp decline, Use synonyms
while
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hamburgers
and fried Use synonyms
chicken
became increasingly popular. Notably, after 2010, the Use synonyms
number
of Use synonyms
hamburgers
consumed annually exceeded that of fried Use synonyms
chicken
by 70 times per Use synonyms
year
. By the end of the period, the annual Use synonyms
consumption
of Use synonyms
hamburgers
was higher than the Use synonyms
consumption
of Use synonyms
pizza
in 1985. Interestingly, in 2015, the Use synonyms
number
of Use synonyms
hamburgers
consumed per Use synonyms
year
was equivalent to the Use synonyms
number
of pizzas eaten in 1985.Use synonyms
Yasar Khan