The provided bar graph delineates the proportion of individuals who ate five portions of fruits and vegetables per day in the UK over the period between 2001 and 2008.
In general, it is clear that the figure for individuals consuming five portions of fruit and vegetables witnessed rises almost during the period, especially females and children. Also, the similar pattern was recorded among three kinds of people eating five portions of fruit and vegetables throughout the period of eight years.
To begin with, it can be seen from the chart that by 2006, females reached a highest point in the consumption of five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. On the former period, there was a gradual increase in female figures from approximately 21% in 2001 to more than 30% in 2005 while the opposite trend was true for that in the last 3 years. By that time, the percentage of women having five portions of fruit and vegetables per day slightly declined from the peak in 2006 to 30% at the end of the period.
On the other hand, the stability was observed in males and children eating five portions of fruit and vegetables per day proportions over the first 3 years. In the following period from 2004 to 2007, a moderate rise from around 22% to nearly 30% in the figure for men consuming five portions of fruit and vegetables per day as opposed to the same trend in that of children which went up from just more than 10% to about 28%. Nevertheless, from 2007 onwards, the slight growth in both male and children percentages rose to around 25% and 27% in 2008.