The line graph compares the rates of consuming four kinds of meat, namely chicken, beef, lamb, and fish ( in grams per head per week) in a country in Europe from 1979 to 2004. Overall, the consumption of chicken rose substantially, while the use of red meat halved over time, with fish experiencing minor variation and being the lowest throughout the period.
Chicken consumption was the only increasing trend. By 2004, it had gradually become the leading meat, with an all-time high of about 250. This began slightly below 150 – the third in rank.
By contrast, beef and lamb decreased by almost half. The former and latter were the first ( well above 200 ) and second (150 ) most consumed meats in 1979. However, after reaching a peak of about 250 ( between 84 and 89 ), beef began to fall sharply, but the rate for lamb gradually decreased right from the beginning.
Fish consumption saw a markedly different trend, starting at somewhere above 50 and reaching about the same amount at the end of the period.