The bar chart illustrates how the proportion of individuals consuming five portions of fruits and vegetables per day varied across categories in UK between 2001 and 2008.
Overall, all types of people expperienced a surge in consuming fruits and vegetables throughout the period, but to varying enxtents. In addition, women demonstrated the largest consumption of this food throughout the period, while that of children were less common.
In women’s figures, the proportion of people who ate fruits and vegetables accounted for 23% in 2001. Despite gradually rising to a peak of 35% by 2006, then this number finally declined to 30%. Nevetheless, women still stood out as the top consumers over years.
In men’s figures, although the proportion of people had remained stable at around 18% for initially three years, this number rapidly increased to around 27% before reaching just over 25% towards the end of the period.
In children’s figures, the consumption of vegetables and fruits initially remained unchanged at approximately 12%, then significantly increasing to hit a high of roughly 26% a year after men’s and women’s figures, and finally reached about 24% by 2008.