The line graph compare the three types of junk food–fish and chips, hamburgers, and pizza–consumed by British adolescents from 1980 to 2015 in a particular area. Overall, hamburgers and pizza have shown a gradual increase, whereas fish and chips consistently illustrate a declining trend over the 35-year period. It is evident that pizza reveal the greatest rise than the rest of fast food categories.
Fish and chips depicts the most significant initial number of times eaten by British minors, amounted to almost 70 times in 1980. It is then descend to around 50 times in 1985 and continuouly rise to approximately 65 times by the next decade. However, from 1995, the trend has started to gradually decrease until it reaches slightly above 20 by 2015.
Hamburgers and pizza are both showing upward trend. Hamburgers started off marginally higher than pizza on around 10 in 1980. Hamburgers then constantly escalate in relatively consistent pace, reaching about 65 by 2000. It rose to 70 in 2005 and began to show a declining trend until the next decade, with numbers on around 60 respectably.
Pizza have the weakest initial starting point than the other types of fast food, yet it shows the most distinctive increase. Pizza started on approximately 5 in 1980, and it has consistently ascend up to 1990. It has then climbed at a faster rate to reaching roughly 60 in 2000. Approaching 70 in 2005, pizza began to surpass the other categories, with its point being nearly on 80 in 2015.