The line graph illustrates a comparison of per capita consumption of whole milk and low-fat milk in the United States from 1970 to 2015.
Overall, although the use of whole milk at the beginning of the period was higher than that of low-fat milk, after two decades low-fat milk was used more in comparison with whole milk consumption.
In spite of the fact that low-fat milk consumption was around 5 gallons per capita in 1970, it gradually increased to 10 gallons during the following decade. Moreover, this trend rose to around 15 gallons in 1990. After this year, this increase remained sustainable throughout the next three decades from 1990 to 2010. But, this stability was replaced with a decrease in 2015, to around 14 gallons.
Nonetheless, whole milk consumption started at 25 gallons per capita in 1970; this trend went downward year by year to 5 gallons at the end of the period in 2015. In the second decade, it was 20 gallons; in the following years it was around 15 gallons in 1990. In 2000 it was 10 gallons; in the next decade, it was below 10 gallons, and in the last decade it was 5 gallons.