The chart given shows Mauritian teenager’s intake of three kinds of instant food between 1985 and 2015.
Generally, over a thirty-year period, Mauritian youth’s fast food preference had a tremendous reversal since the frequency of consumption of fried chicken and hamburgers had risen sharply, whereas that of pizza had experienced a plunge.
In 1985, the annual expenditure of pizza initially stood at 60 times eaten which was undoubtedly many times higher than that of hamburgers and fried chicken. However, this was followed by a steady fall remaining constant to reach a low of 10 times eaten per year at the end of the time frame.
Regarding the others, hamburgers and fried chicken, were at about 10 and 5 times eaten respectively in 1985. The figures for hamburgers went up markedly with a stable rate of 10 times eaten or more until reaching the all-time high of 70 times in 2015. On the other hand, after having undergone a moderate increase to reach 20 times in 1995, the fried chicken’s consumption continually climbed to 60 times eaten a year up to 2005 and stayed virtually unchanged at the end.