The bar chart illustrates the proportion of men, women, and children who consumed five servings of fruit and vegetables each day in the United Kingdom 8 years (from 2001 to 2008).
Overall, there are the level consumption of women was higher than that of men and children. Both women and men ate the greatest number of fruits and vegetables in 2006, while children had the highest rate a year later. The lowest proportions can be observed in 2001.
In 2001, the percentage of women consuming greens was just over 20%, this had rose steadily during the next 2 years until reached about 25% in 2004. By contrast, the rate of children and men were the same for 3 years (around 12% and 16% respectively). Then, in 2005, these observations increased for women to just over 30%, for men to just under 25%, and for children to exact 20%.
The number of women eating fruits and vegetables reached its peak – approximately 35% in 2006, while both men and children had the rate lower than 30% in the same year. In 2007 the percentage of children reached 27%, men’s consumption remained unchanged. Finally, it is noticeable that all percentages slightly fell in the next year.