The bar chart represents the proportion of men, women and children who ate five portions of fruits and vegetables per day in the UK between the years 2001 and 2008.
Overall, it can be seen that women were the highest consumers of fruits and vegetables, while children came last. Additionally, women consumption peaked in 2006, in contrast to that of children which peaked in 2007.
In detail, in 2001, nearly 22% of women and around 16% of men consumed fruits daily, compared to only 12% of children. The percentage of men and women exhibited an increase in the following years to reach its highest level for women in 2006 at more than 30%, before starting to decline to about 30% in 2008. Similarly, men peaked in 2006 and 2007 at around 28%, then dropped to approximately 26% in 2008.
On the other hand, children’s consumption started to rise gradually from nearly 12% in the first three years, to reache its highest level in 2007 at around 26%, before dropping again in 2008.