The line graph illustrates the consumption of three types of spreads, namely margarine, low fat and reduced spreads, and butter between the years 1981 and 2007.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is readily apparent that the popularity of margarine and butter decreased as their consumption fell, while the demand for low fat and reduced spreads increased.
With regard to the quantity of butter consumed, it was about 140 in the first year and rose to about 160 grams before drastically falling to around 50 grams in the last. Likewise, margarine began with around 90, but saw some fluctuations until 1996 before falling sharply to 40 grams in 2007.
Regarding the low fat reduced spreads, they were not popular initially with the intake of just about 20 grams. However, there was a significant rise by almost five times to 80 gms in 2001, before experiencing a decline to around 40 grams in 2007.
The bar chart below shows the percentage of Australian men and women in different age groups who did regular physical activity in 2010.
