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‭ he line graph compares the fast food consumption of teenagers in‬

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‭Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 [Link], the‬
‭consumption of fish and chips declined over the period, whereas the‬
‭amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten [Link] 1975, the‬
‭most popular fast food with Australian teenagers was fish and chips, being‬
‭eaten 100 times a year. This was far higher than Pizza and hamburgers,‬
‭which were consumed approximately 5 times a year. However, apart from a‬
‭brief rise again from 1980 to 1985, the consumption of fish and chips‬
‭gradually declined over the 25 year timescale to finish at just under [Link]‬
‭sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at much higher‬
‭levels. Pizza consumption increased gradually until it overtook the‬
‭consumption of fish and chips in 1990. It then levelled off from 1995 to‬
‭2000. The biggest rise was seen in hamburgers as the occasions they were‬
‭eaten increased sharply throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, exceeding that of‬
‭fish and chips in 1985. It finished at the same level that fish and chips‬
‭began, with consumption at 100 times a [Link] line graph compares the‬
‭fast food consumption of teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a‬
‭period of 25 years. Overall, the consumption of fish and chips declined over‬
‭the period, whereas the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten‬
‭increased.‬

I‭ n 1975, the most popular fast food with Australian teenagers was fish and‬
‭chips, being eaten 100 times a year. This was far higher than Pizza and‬
‭hamburgers, which were consumed approximately 5 times a year. However,‬
‭apart from a brief rise again from 1980 to 1985, the consumption of fish‬
‭and chips gradually declined over the 25 year timescale to finish at just‬
‭under 40.‬

I‭ n sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at much‬
‭higher levels. Pizza consumption increased gradually until it overtook the‬
‭consumption of fish and chips in 1990. It then levelled off from 1995 to‬
‭2000. The biggest rise was seen in hamburgers as the occasions they were‬
‭eaten increased sharply throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s, exceeding that of‬
‭fish and chips in 1985. It finished at the same level that fish and chips‬
‭began, with consumption at 100 times a year‬

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