The given graph gives information about the portion of individuals who consumed 5 portions of fruit as well as vegetables per day in the UK in the years 2001 and 2008. Overall, the figures for the males and females consumed more local foods, such as fruits and vegetables, and these two figures increased dramatically in all years, while the reverse was true for children.
Focusing on the most important figures, around 17% of the local products were eaten by the men, while the females consumed 22% of it in the first year. The figure for male, remain unchanged till 2003 (17%) and almost 25% of the consumption in local foods were consumed by the females in 2002, whereas they consumed 2% more in the third year. As for men, the consumption of the local foods rose by 3% and in women, the figure increased to 30% in 2004. When it comes to almost 25% of the males ate fruits as well as vegetables, while the women’s consumption went up nearly 30% in 2005. Turning to the male, they consumed 27% of the local fruits and vegetables, whereas the women’s portion hit the peak in year 2006. The figures for male’s consumption, it stayed unstable, however, the women’ percentage declined slightly 28% by the end of the year, while the men figure also declined minimally to 27% in the former year.
Focusing on the least important figures, the children’ consumption indicated 12% till the year 2003, but the figure grew significantly to 27% from 2004 to 2007 and went down again to 22% in the last year.