The bar chart provides information about how often people in the USA spent ate

fast food from 2003 to 2013.

The bar chart details fast food consumption in the United States in 2003, 2006, and
2013. Looking from an overall perspective it is readily apparent that frequent
consumption of fast food, defined as at least once a week, generally became less
common though having fast food once a week or once or twice a month remained the
dominant trend. The only exception to this pattern is not eating fast food, which
declined.

Looking first of all at the most pervasive habits, in 2003, 31% of individuals ate fast
food once a week compared to 30% eating it once or twice a month. From there,
these trends diverged with those eating once a week rising to 34% in 2006 and then
falling precipitously to 27% by 2013. Eating once or twice a month fell to 25% and
then surged to 34% in the final year.

The figure for those eating fast food several times a week stood at 17% in 2003, rose
to 20% in 2006 and dipped to a low of 15% in 2013. In contrast, in 2003, 13% of
individuals consumed fast food a few times a year and this number stabilized at 15%
for the final two years recorded. The numbers for every day and never were nearly
identical with the former at 4% in 2003 and then 3% and the latter starting at 5% and
reaching a low of 4% in both 2006 and 2013.

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consumption: eating of
Looking from an overall perspective it is readily apparent that frequent: overall
defined as this is what that means
at least once a week 1 or more times a week
less common though not as pervasive however
remained the dominant trends were most common
exception to this pattern different from the trend
declined decreased
looking first of all at considering initially
pervasive habits common actions
compared to in comparison too
From there after that
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falling precipitously to going down a lot to
surged increased a lot
in the final year the last year recorded
stood at was at
dipped to a low of fell to the lowest number of
In contrast however
stabilized stayed the same
final two years recorded last two years detailed
nearly identical almost the same
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latter mentioned second
starting at beginning at
reaching a low of getting to a nadir at