Band 5+: The chart below shows the percentage of the population in the UK who consumed the recommended daily amount of fruit and vegetables in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart illustrates the figure for two different items that people in UK consume during different three periods .

Overall, it is clear that women make up the highest percentage, in contrast, the proportion of people who consume those lowest is children.

In 2002, 24% of women who spent the largest budget, while the number of men was lower slightly, about 22%. In contrast, the percentage of children’s spending was only 12%. In the next 4 years, the amount of fruit and vegetables that women often purchase, increased dramatically, to around 33%. During the same time, the number of men and children who bought fruit and vegetables, were 27% and 17% respectively.

By 2010, the percentage of individuals in UK that buy fruit and vegetables had a massive difference. The proportion of children and men that sometime consume those declined steadily, at 17% and 24% respectively. Although the expenditure of women in two different items consistently the biggest proportion, at this time, it decreased significantly, at around 27%.