Band 6+: The bar chart shows the percentage of people who ate five portions of fruits and vegetables per day in UK from 2001 to 2008. Summarise the infomation by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar chart compares the daily amount of fruit and vegetables consumption by people (children, men and women) in the UK between 2001 and 2008.

Overall, it is clear that women had the highest percentage of consumption throughout the period, followed by men in second place, while children had the least figures of fruit and vegetables.

From 2001 to 2008, females accounted the major amount of fruit and vegetables consumption, started at about 23% in 2001, by continuous growing over five years, it reached the peak of 35% by 2006. However, it significantly decreased to just around 31% in 2007 and then 30% in 2008.

Children and men both experienced the unchanged trend in the first three years, at roughly 13% and 17%, respectively. There was a gradually growth in the males’ consumption, began at exact 20% in 2004 to approximately 27% in 2007, before falling to just over 25% at the end of the year. Similarly, the figures of fruit and vegetables consumption for children grew considerably between year 2004 and 2007, starting at about 17% in 2004 and reaching 26% in 2007, before decreasing to around 24% by 2008.