The chart illustrates the proportion of British who ate five portions of fruit and vegetables per day in seven years between 2001 to 2008. Overall, women seemed to consume most of the fruits and vegetables among others.
In 2001, about 12% of children, 17% of men and 22% of women consumed various type of fruits and vegetables per day. The number of women increased dramatically in the following years, which is nearly 25% in 2002 and 27% in 2003, while the group of children and men remained the same as 2001 in both years. The percentage of children who ate fruits and vegetables in a day rose to 16% , while the men were also rise to 22% in 2004. However, women remained the highest consumption of fruits and vegetables in these three groups.
The proportion of children and men increased stably in 2005, which were approximately 18% and 25%, while the percentage of women was slightly increased to 30% compared to the previous year. The percentage of women who consumed various fruits and vegetables went to a peak over 30% in 2006, which was the highest amount in the recorded years. But, this statistic didn’t remain much longer as the percentage of women started to drop since 2007. Although women were still the largest group of consumption fruits and vegetables than the other groups.