The provided bar chart depicts the proportion of UK population ate five criteria of fruits and vegetables per day from 2001 to 2008. Overall, it can be apparent from the chart that women were the highest consumer during the surveyed period. Additionally, all categories experienced an upward trend compared to the first year.
Delving into details, it is noticeable that children’s figures were the lowest which initially started at approximately 13% in 2001. This percentage remained stable for 3 years before climbing up to nearly 18% in 2004. From 2004 onwards, there were more youngsters ate five kinds of fruits and vegetables, which peaked at more than 25% in 2007. However, in the last year given, this figure witnessed a significant drop to 24%. Meanwhile, similar trends were seen in the percentage of men, which were approximately 16% at first, stabilized to 2003 and rose to 21% in 2004. After that, this data increased significantly to nearly 28% in 2007 and decreased slightly to 26% in 2008.
In contrast, women’s figures allocated the most comparing to the others. In 2001, there were 23% of women ate five portions of fruits and vegetables, this figure continued to go up gradually year by year to 30% in 2005. In 2006, the proportion of women steeply increased and peaked at 35%. However, in the last two years, the figure witnessed a considerable decreased by 5%, which were 30% in 2008.