The bar chart compares the frequency of going to fast food chains for people living in the USA in 2003, 2006, and 2013.
Overall, the groups eating fast food every week and once or twice a month were the predominant ones in all the reported years, whereas customers eating there every day or never going were consistently the minority over the period.
Looking at the largest demographics recorded in the chart, it was notable that the disparities between the figures for those coming once a week were smaller than those recorded in the group eating once or twice a month. For the former category, starting at about 31% in 2003, the proportion peaked at 33% in 2006 before dropping to under 28% in 2013. By contrast, despite having a relatively similar beginning of 30%, the latter group’s percentage fell to a low of 25%, followed by a remarkable increase to 33% by the end of the period.
In terms of the mid-range categories, a similar pattern can be seen in the first half. Between 2003 and 2006, there were comparable rises in the shares of customers who went to fast food restaurants a few times a week and several times a year, increasing from roughly 17% to 20% and from 13% to 15%, respectively. In the second half, while the former group’s figure fell by about 4%, the other’s remained unchanged.
People who either went to fast-food chains every day or never visited bottomed out over the period, following a downward trend. Starting with modest figures of no more than 5%, both groups’ proportions edged down to 2,5% for everyday customers and about 4% for the others. Following that, no change was recorded, keeping the two categories at the lowest positions in the chart.