The given table illustrates information about weekly per-capita intake of five different food types — vegetables, meat, wheat, beans, and cheese — in a European country in 1992, 2002, and 2012.
Overall, consumption of almost all food categories — vegetables, wheat, beans, and cheese — increased noticeably, with wheat experiencing the most substantial growth throughout the period. In contrast, meat intake declined slightly. Additionally, vegetables consistently remained the most consumed food despite a minor fall in the final year.
Vegetables and meat exhibited consistently higher figures compared to other categories. Starting at 2140 grams in 1992, weekly consumption of vegetables soared marginally to 2190grams in 2002. this was followed by negligible climb to 2220 by 2012. This surge marked the highest amount on the chart. At the same time, the figure for meat witnessed a significant rise from 2140 grams to 1211 between 1992 and 2002 before plummeted noticeably to 1132 grams in the final year.
Increases seen in wheat and beans intake followed a similar pattern, as both recorded upward trends in 2002 to 920 and 546 grams after started at 837 and 532 grams weekly in 1992. By 2012, the wheat consumption continued to rise, reaching 977 grams. Meanwhile, beans intake grew to 590 grams.
Cheese was a outlier because its weekly consumption was significantly lower than the other food types, at only 113 grams per week in 1992. beans intake soared marginally to 125 in 2002 and remained stable at the same level in 2012