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

The given bar chart illustrates the frequency of Americans consumed in fast

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establishments over the 10-year period from 2003 to 2013.

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, it can be seen that the number of residents having meals at fast

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restaurants once a week or less than two times a month always took up the highest proportion

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the rate of people eating every day was the lowest in all three given milestones. Regarding the top three highest groups , the proportion of citizens consuming junk

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at restaurants once a week and a few times a week witnessed an upward trend in 2006 and

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dropped significantly over the next period.

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, the rate of residents having fast

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at restaurants was the opposite case. In detail, it declined from 30% to 25% over the first 3 years and

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reached a peak at 33% in 2013. Turning to the remaining groups, the group of citizens never having meals at junk

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establishments and the group eating them on a daily basis both declined slightly and

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remained unchanged for the rest of the period.

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, the proportion of people eating out at fast

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stores a few times a year experienced the opposite pattern. Specifically, it rose from 13% to 15% and

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stayed the same from 2006 to 2013.