The bar chart illustrates the proportion of people in the UK who consumed the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables from 2002 to 2010.
Overall, it is clear that the figures had slight fluctuations, increasing and then decreasing. While women consumed the highest amount of fruits and vegetables throughout the period, the percentage of children recorded the lowest.
Looking first at the given chart, the figure for women was more than twice that for children over the period. In 2002, the surveyed percentage of women possessed the highest consumption of fruits and vegetables, at roughly 25%, compared with the proportion of children, at only over 10%. Over the following 8 years, the two categories had slight fluctuations, increasing in 2006 and decreasing moderately in 2010. From 2006 to 2010, females consumed accurately the standard of fruits and vegetables, which was 33% and 27% respectively, while young people had a lower proportion corresponding to 17% and roughly 14%.
By comparison, males had the second highest percentage consuming the recommended daily fruits and vegetables. The figure for males in 2002 stood at 22% and then increased slightly to 28% in 2006. Besides, that for men experienced a decrease in 2010, to about 24%.
