The chart below provides data about the percentage of people who ate five portions of fruit and vegetables daily from 2001 to 2008.The people are categorized into groups such as men, women and children.
Overall, while all of the three groups showed tangible growth in 8 years, the leading positions remained the same, with women being the main consumers of fruit and vegetables,men being the second and children third. All three human categories’ percentage illustrated maximum indicators in 2006-2007.
For children, the percentage of fruit consumers demonstrated no significant progress from 2001 to 2003,remaining at approximately 13 percent. In the next years though, it began rising, with 17 percent in 2004 and 19 in 2005. In 2006, it was around 22 percent. The children’s fruit and vegetable consumption reached its maximum in 2007, peaking at 27 percent.A year later, it saw a slight decrease of 3 percent.
Men didn’t represent any progress between 2001-2003 as well,remaining at around 17 percent. From 2004 to 2006, men’s consumption grew progressively, peaking at around 28 percent in 2006. In 2007, it remained unchanged and in 2008 it decreased to 26.
Women’s consumption demonstrated consistent growth from 2001-2006, rising from 21 percent in 2001 to above 30 in 2006. In the following years, it decreased by around 2 points each year.