The bar chart given depicts how frequently the American people ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013.

The bar chart given depicts how frequently the American people ate in fast food restaurants between 2003 and 2013. Overall, the number of Americans eating at junk food restaurants once a week and once or twice a month dominated the chart throughout the period shown. Also, noticeable disparities were observed in the frequency of eating at fast-food chains of the Americans. In particular, commencing with about 31% in 2003, the percentage for Americans who ate at fast-food restaurants weekly rose slightly to 33% 3 years later, declining considerably by 5% in 2013. Similarly, beginning with 17% in 2003, just over a half of the former, the proportion of the Americans going there several times a week witnessed a minimal increase of 3% before falling to just under the initial number over a decade (16%). By contrast, capturing the second post in 2003 (30%), the figure for those who had junk food once or twice a month relatively decreased 25% and then surged by about 8%, surpassing the rate for those in “once a week” category in 2013. The initial proportion of those who visited fast-food chains a few times a year was relatively higher than those of “never” and “every day” sections with 13% as composed to 4% and 5% respectively. This figure increased minimally to 15%, remaining stable till 2013 while the percentages of the two remaining categories underwent marginal drops of 1% and leveled off by the end of the period shown.