The bar graph shows variations in the proportion of women, men, and children who ate at five or more portion of vegetables and fish every day in the UK from 2011 to 2017.
Overall, there was a rising trend in total percentage of people consuming vegetables and fish daily in more than five portions, with women and men having more significant increases. Notably, in each year, while children took the bottom-most position in terms of their proportion.
In 2011, 20% of women included more than five portions of vegetables and fish in their diet per day. This figure then remained unchanged until 2013 when it started growing, and by 2016, the proportion of women had reached a peak of more than 35%. The following year, although their proportion declined significantly to 30%, women maintained their top position.
Regarding men, in the first year, around 17% of them consumed vegetables and fish daily in more than five positions. Their proportion rose throughout the period with the exception of the year 2016, and at the end of period, slightly more than 25% of of men had such a diet.
In comparing, children had the lowest figures recorded in the daily consumption of vegetables and fish in all of the years. The rate was at 10% in the initial year. In the following years, despite a slight growth up to about 14% in 2012, thier proportion remained relatively unchanged and did not exceed the 15% mark throughout the period.