The picture detailed the proportions of residents who had five portions of fruits and vegetables in their meals daily, delineated by gender, from 8 consecutive years, from 2001 to 2008 in UK.
Overall, it is readily apparent that women’s fruits and vegetables eating frequency was the highest throughout the period, followed by men and finally children. The categories show the data fluctuations, but the percentages of children and men were at the same level in the first three years.
Looking first in terms of the great similarity, all the figures tended to change steadily during the period. From 2001 to 2006, the number of people who consumed five portions of fruits and vegetables in their diets per day gradually increased, by around 3%-5% for all genders each year. The percentages of women and men reached a peak in 2006, at 35% and about 27%, respectively.
In 2007, despite a decrease for women and men, the percentage of children sharply rose to 27% and that was the year the number of children was highest in the whole process. However, the proportion dropped below 25% in the next year.