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Amount Of Fast Food Eaten In The Uk Between 1970 And 1990

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The line graph above illustrate changes in the amount of fast food eaten in the UK between 1970 and 1990.First, Britons are eating fast food more and more by the time. Secondly, the type of fast food has changed over the years.

In 1970, the most popular fast food was pizza and it was about 300 grams per week. By 1990, however, the amount of eating pizza has been decreased just over 200g. Exhaustion of other fast foods such as fish,chips and hamburgers increased by 25% in 5 years. From 1975 to 1990 the number of eating per grams has been increased to approximately 300. Also, the number of eating fish and chips has been increased up to 500g.

In conclusion, what we say that people in uk prefare hamburger,fish and chips instead of pizza over

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