The graph shown below is a dotted-line diagram that demonstrates the consumption of fish and meat in a European country between 1979 and 2004. There are 4 categories in the picture that are mainly fish, lamb, beef and chicken. The units of consumption are ranged from 0 to 300 grams per person per week.
Firstly, the fish consumption trend had remained relatively stable with minor fluctuations and making it as the least consumed meat comparing to the other meat consumption trends. Secondly, the lamb consumption trend had a dramatic drop with a minor leap throughout the years. The third trend is the consumption of beef where the trend initially had a significant decrease and a sharp increase. It then slowly became almost constant and plummeted deeply with a slight upward. Lastly for the chicken consumption line, there was a momentous increase to upward with some gradual decreases. It had been by far the highest level of consumption comparing to the other beef and lamb with the gradual decrease.
The consumption of fish stayed at the steady amount of approximately 50 grams per week per person from 1979 to 2004. However, the consumption of the lamb and the chicken only had a minor gap at 150 grams per week per person but the lamb line dropped dramatically to a little higher than 60 grams per week per person. The Europeans ate around 210 grams of beef per week per person in 1979 and the trend plunged down to almost 100 grams per week per person.
Finally, the chicken became the most consumed food at 250 grams per week per person as it significantly rose from 1979 to 2004.
By contrast, the consumption of fish remained the same and stayed at the lowest amount of consumption relative to other meat consumption. The consumption of lamb sharply fell almost to the fish trend. Beef consumption had a slight boom at the start with the continuation of a huge slump and it was the second highest consumed meat. Chicken consumption increased the most and became the highest level of all fish and meat consumption.