Band 7+: The bar chart shows the percentage of people who ate five portions of fruits and vegetables per day in the UK from 2001 to 2008. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the percentage of people in the UK who ate five portions of fruit and vegetables daily between 2001 and 2008.

Overall, the proportion increased across all three groups: men, women and children. It is clear that women had highest proportion of daily fruit and vegetable consumption, while children had the lowest râte

In 2001 to 2003, the rate of consuming fruit and vegetable for men and children remained unchanged, at around 17% and 13% respectively. After that, both groups saw gradual growth until 2007 when they reached their peaks of about 27% for men and 26% for children but they both fell slightly in 2008.

Over this period, women had the highest proportion of people eating five portions of fruit and vegetables. In 2001, women’s rate of consuming fruit and vegetable accounted for around 23% and then, it continued to increase over the following years, reaching the peak at 35% in 2006. However, the proportion declined in the following two years, to around 32% and 30% in 2007 and 2008 respectively.