The bar chart compares information about how the patterns changed among men, women, and children who consumed the recommended everyday amount of fruit and vegetables in the UK between 2002 and 2010.
Overall, the proportion of all genders saw an increase, with that for females seeing a bigger change. Additionally, females experienced consistently higher figures in each year compared to their male counterparts and juniors.
Men and women exhibited consistently higher figures. The percentage of the male who consumed fruit and vegetables started at 22% in 2002 and this was followed by a marginal climb to 28% in the next year. However, despite increasing, that figure decreased from 28% to 24% in the final year. Similarly, the figure for women, before declining from 32% to 27% in 2010, females witnessed slight rises of from 25% to 32% in 2006.
By contrast, the figures were smaller for the boys. While the amount of children consumed improved from 11% to 16% in 2006 and reached 5%. Next final year, it saw a minimal drop of 14%.