Band 6+: The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart shows how often people ate at fast food restaurants in the USA between 2003 and 2013, divided into six categories: “Every day”, “Several times a week”, “Once a week”, “twice a month”, “A few times a year” and “Never”.

Overall, in all three years, the two largest groups were those eating in fast food restaurants once a week and those eating there once of twice a month. The smallest were those eating there daily and those never eating there. People eating in fast-food restaurants once a week presented highest percentage in both 2003 and 2006 in the USA at about 31 and 33 percent. But its dropped to roughly 30% in 2013. Those eating once or twice a month first decreased from 30% to 25% in 2003 and 2006 and then it went up to around 33% in 2013.

People eating in fast-food restaurants several times a week varied from 15% to 20%, whereas the percentage eating there a few times a year showed an increase from 13% to 15% over the years. In 2003 about 4% of people ate fast food daily, while 5% never ate it, by 2013 daily eating dropped to 3%, while those who never ate it increased to 7%.