The bar chart demonstrates the proportion of men, women, and children who met the daily recommended amount of fruits and vegetables across three different years.
Overall, during the time, there was an increase in the proportion of people from all groups who consumed fruits and vegetables. remarkably, consumption rates were continuously lowest among children and greatest among women.
In all three years, Men’s and women’s consumption rates varied slightly over the years. In 2006, the consumption rate for women peaked at 32%, while the rate for males was 28%. Men’s and women’s numbers came in second and third, respectively, in 2010 with 27% and 24%. Meanwhile, 2002 saw the lowest percentages for both groups, which were marginally lower but still comparable to the 2010 figures.
Children’s consumption rates were consistently the lowest among three groups. The percentage of children who ate the required amount of fruits and vegetables in 2002 was only 11%, which was around half of the rates for both groups. Before slightly declining to 14% in 2010, this percentage increased to 16% in 2006.