Band 7+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The chart below shows how frequently people in the USA ate in fast-food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart displays data on the frequency with which US citizens ordered fast food in restaurants over three years: 2003, 2006, and 2013. Overall, most people tended to eat fast food either once a week or once or twice a month. In contrast, only a negligible percentage of individuals chose to eat fast food in restaurants on a daily basis.

Those who had the habit of eating fast food every day accounted for less than 5% in each year, with the figure for 2003 being slightly higher than in the other years. Similarly, the group of individuals who ate fast food the least frequently exhibited a similar trend, showing a 1% difference each year. The second-most frequent category recorded rates of 17%, 20%, and 16% in 2003, 2006, and 2013, respectively.

The rates for 2003 and 2006 peaked in the ‘once a week’ category, reaching 32% and 35%, respectively. In contrast, the percentages for 2013 peaked in the ‘once or twice a month’ category, at 33%, surpassing all other categories. Finally, the rates for 2006 and 2013 in the second-to-last frequent category were the same, at 15%, while the figure for 2003 stood at 13%.