Preposition (Fast Food Consumption)

The line graph compares the fast-food consumption ___ teenagers in Australia between 1975 and 2000, a period of 25 years.

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Overall, the consumption of fish and chips declined __ the period, whereas the amount of pizza and hamburgers that were eaten increased.

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As the graph shows, ___ 1975, the most popular fast food with Australian teenagers was fish and chips, being eaten 100 times a year at that moment.

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This was far higher ___ pizza and hamburgers, which were consumed approximately 5 times a year.

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However, apart ___ a brief rise again from 1980 to 1985, the consumption of fish and chips gradually declined over the 25-year timescale to finish at just under 40.

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___ sharp contrast to this, teenagers ate the other two fast foods at much higher levels.

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Pizza consumption increased gradually until it overtook the consumption ___ fish and chips in 1990.

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It then levelled off ___ 1995 to 2000.

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The biggest rise was seen ___ hamburgers as the occasions they were eaten increased sharply throughout the 1970s and 1980s, exceeding that of fish and chips in 1985.

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It finished ___ the same level that fish and chips began, with consumption at 100 times a year.

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