The graph below shows the consumption of fish and somedifferent kinds of meat in a European country between 1979 and 2004

The line graph illustrates the

consumption

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of four types of

meat

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—

chicken

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,

beef

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,

lamb

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, and

fish

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—in a European country between 1979 and 2004, measured in

grams

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per person per week.

Overall

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,

while

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the

consumption

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of

chicken

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rose significantly throughout the period, the figures for

beef

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,

lamb

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, and

fish

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all showed downward trends. Notably,

chicken

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overtook

beef

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to become the most widely consumed

meat

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after the mid-1980s. In 1979,

beef

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was the most popular

meat

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, with a weekly

consumption

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of around 220

grams

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per person, followed by

lamb

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and

chicken

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at roughly 150

grams

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each.

Fish

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,

by contrast

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, was the least consumed, at just under 60

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. Over the next decade,

beef

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consumption

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fluctuated slightly before beginning a sharp fall after 1989, dropping steadily to about 100

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by 2004. A similar but more moderate decline was observed in

lamb

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consumption

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, which halved to below 70

grams

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over the same period.

Fish

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intake, meanwhile, remained relatively stable, hovering around 50

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per week.

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,

chicken

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consumption

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increased dramatically, rising from about 150

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in 1979 to over 250

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in 2004.

This

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upward trend was particularly strong in the 1980s, when the figure for

chicken

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surpassed that of

beef

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, becoming the most preferred

meat

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type. In summary,

chicken

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consumption

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experienced a sharp rise,

whereas

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all other

meat

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types, especially

beef

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and

lamb

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, declined markedly.

Fish

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remained the least popular and almost unchanged over the 25-year period.