The bar chart illustrates the frequency of eating at fast
food
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restaurants
among people in the USA in the years 2003, 2006, and 2013.
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Overall
, the most common patterns were eating fast Linking Words
food
once a week or once or twice a month, Use synonyms
although
there was a noticeable shift over time from weekly consumption to less frequent monthly visits. Daily consumption was the least popular choice throughout the period, Linking Words
while
very few people reported never eating at Linking Words
such
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restaurants
.
In 2003 and 2006, the largest group of people, at around 31% and 33% respectively, ate at fast Use synonyms
food
outlets once a week. Use synonyms
However
, Linking Words
this
figure dropped to about 27% by 2013. Linking Words
Conversely
, those who ate once or twice a month showed the opposite trend, falling slightly to 25% in 2006 but Linking Words
then
rising to the highest point of roughly 33% in 2013, overtaking the weekly category.
A smaller proportion, between 17% and 20%, ate at these Linking Words
restaurants
several times a week, peaking in 2006 before declining again by 2013. Eating only a few times a year remained relatively stable at around 13–15% across all three years. Meanwhile, daily fast Use synonyms
food
consumption was consistently uncommon, decreasing marginally from about 4% in 2003 to just over 2% in 2013. Use synonyms
Similarly
, those who never ate Linking Words
fast
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at fast
food
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restaurants
accounted for only around 4–5% of respondents in each year.Use synonyms