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 of 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 cating 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 stabilised at 15% for the last 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.