Band 7+: You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The line graph below shows changes in the amount and type of fast food consumed by Australian teenagers from 1975 to 2000. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The provided line chart illustrates the amount of junk food consumed by Australian teenagers between 1975 and 2000. the major components are fish and chi[ps, hamburgere, and pizza.

Overall, it can be seen that the consumption of pizza decreased over the period, while the other kinds of fast food that were eaten increased throughout the timescale.

In 1957, the most popular junk food among Australian adults was fish and chips, which was eaten 100 times a year, this was higher than the consumption of pizza and hamburgers, which were eaten approximately 5 times a year. However, apart from a brief rise between 1980 and 1985, the consumption of fish and chips declined gradually until it reached just under 40 times a year.

In sharp contrast to this, the consumption of other kinds of food was higher than fish and chips. Pizza consumption increased gradually and overtook fish and chips in 1990, then leveled off from 1995 to 2000, at just above 80 times a year. The biggest rise was seen in hamburger that has a significant incresed from 1970 to 1980, until it exceeded fish and chips in 1985. It finished at approximately 100 times the same figure that the fish and chips began.