The give bar chart illustrates the changes in the share of British residents adhering to the recommended daily fruit and vegetables consumption over a span of 7 years, from 2001 to 2008.
Overall, it is evident that there was an upward trend in all three categories, with female accounted for the highest figure of consumption throughout the entire period, while the opposite was true for children.
Taking a closer look at the chart, during the first three years, the percentage of men’s consumption of fresh products remained stable at roughly 17% and started to rise to 27% in the next four years, before a slight decline to around a quarter in 2008. The percentage of children experienced a similar trend, starting at just over 10% from 2001 to 2003 and then constantly remaining at 17% during the next two years. This figure witnessed a significant increase to 25%, nearly equal to that of men, and fell to nearly 23% at the end of the period.
In contrast, the proportion of women’s consumption experienced a steady increase over the examined period, starting at 21%, almost doubled that of children, and consistently rising to 35% after 5 years. In the last two year, this figure decreased by 5%, while still remained the highest among the three categories.