The line graph depicts the weekly needs of fish and the other three types of meats which consist of lamb, beef and chicken in Europe from 1979 to 2004.
Overall, it can be seen that while the consumption of chicken rose considerably, the other types of meat experienced a decline in consumption.
To begin, in 1979, the consumption of chicken stood at 150g/person/week. After it fluctuated in four years, chicken consumption experienced a significant rise by 60g/person/week from 1984 to 1994. Finally, a slight rise happened/took place whereby a person consumed 220g of chicken in a week in 2004.
On the other hand, consumption of three types of meat experienced different degrees of decline. Beef consumption dropped from 210g/person/week in 1979 to 180g/person/week in a year. After rising slightly, the consumption remained unchanged in the next four years, before it took a dive to 110g/person/week in 2004. Another decline happened in the consumption of lamb in 1979 which was recorded at 150g/person/week . This number went down with a slight fluctuation throughout the period, before reaching 60 g/person/week. Finally, the consumption of fish indicated a slight fall from 60 g/person/week to 50 g/person/week within the period.