This line graph illustrates the amount of 5 food categories consumed by Australians from 1950 to 2010. Overall, throughout the 6 decades, the consumption of vegetables ranked as the highest among all items despite some fluctuations, while seafood remained constant as the least popular food item.
Since 1950, regardless of some up and downs, the intake of vegetables, fruit, bread and seafood all showed an upward trend. The rise of fruit consumption was the most significant one and ranked as second most consumed food in 2010. It grew from 80kg per person in 1950 to 140kg per person in 2010, despite a minor drop in 1970. Bread stayed as the second least popular item throughout the years. The consumption of vegetables and bread both went up with 20kg per person between these 60 years. The consumption of seafood remained approximately 20 kg per person throughout these years.
The consumption of meat is the only category that depicted a downward trend. Since 1950, it decreased gradually from 110 to 90kg per person for 30 years, and rise again in 1980. The figure reached it’s peak in 1990, however, experienced a sharp fall in the following years, resulting at 80kg per person in 2010.