The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The given line chart compares the amount of three different kinds of fast food consumed by teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000.
Overall
, the figure for fish and chips saw a significant decrease over the 25-year period
. Conversely
, there was a sharp rise in the number
of individuals eating pizza and hamburgers
throughout the same period
.
It is evident from the chart that fish and chips were the most favorite
kind of fast food in 1975, with just about 100 Change the spelling
favourite
times
eaten by Australian teenagers. This
number
hovered slightly between 80 and 100 times
from 1975 to 1985 before it fell consistently to just under 40 times
at the end
of the period
, making it the least popular fast food on the list.
Looking at the chart in more detail, both pizza and hamburgers
witnessed a sharp increase in the number
of teenagers choosing those foods as their choice over time. The number
of hamburgers
eaters was just about 10 in 1975; however
this
figure experienced a surge over the next 10 years, with just over 80 times
eaten in 1985, the number
of hamburgers
eaters continued to rise to just about 100 times
in 1995, then
it stayed unchanged over the next 5 years. Similarly
, the number
of times
that pizza were
eaten observed a considerable increase between 1975 and 1995, from just about 3 Change the verb form
was
times
to over 80 times
in 1995 before the figure remained unchanged from 1995 until the end of the period
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