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The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000.

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The 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.

In 1975 most popular and preferable fast food among 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 went down during the 25 year time scale to finish at just under 40.

In sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other fast food products at much higher levels. Pizza consumption mounted gradually until it overtook the expenditure of fish and chips in 1993. It then levelled off from 1995 to 2000.The biggest rise was seen in the consumption of hamburgers, which rose 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 of 100 times a year.