The bar chart displays the frequency with which people in the USA ate in fast-food outlets between 2003 and 2013.
Overall, in all three years, a significantly higher proportion of the US population ate in fast-food restaurants either once a week or once or twice a month. In comparison, only a minor proportion ate there daily or never ate there.
A substantial 31% to 33% of people in the USA ate in fast-food restaurants once a week in both 2003 and 2006, although this proportion showed a moderate decline to around 27% in 2013. Those eating there once or twice a month also represented a significant proportion of the US population in these three years. This proportion first dropped from 2003’s 30% to 2006’s 25%, and then jumped to around 33% in 2013.
The proportion of those eating in fast-food restaurants several times a week varied between 15% and 20%, while the proportion eating there a few times a year showed an increase from approximately 13% to 15% over the period. By contrast, in none of the three years were more than 5% of people in either the “every day” or the “never” category.