The bar chart depicts the percentage of UK residents, categorized by 3 brackets (women, children, and men), who consumed more than 5 daily servings of vegetables and fish over a six-year period from 2011 to 2017.
Overall, a clear upward trend is evident across all three categories within a 6-year period. Notably, women consistently maintained the highest percentage/were consistently the prominent group throughout the timeframe, followed by men and then children.
In 2011, women began at 20%, holding steady for the next two years. In contrast, the percentage for men gradually increased by about 2%, reaching roughly 19% by 2013. Both genders then experienced a significant rise in the following years. The female group peaked at over 35%, while the male group climbed to around 24%. Interestingly, women’s consumption dipped slightly to 30% in 2017, whereas men’s consumption continued to rise, reaching approximately 26% at the end of the period.
Children started with the lowest percentage (10%) in 2011. They exhibited a moderate rise to roughly 14% in 2012,followed by some fluctuations in the next two years. The percentage for children peaked at 15% in 2015 and remained relatively stable until 2017, except for a minor drop of 1% in 2016.