The bar chart presents the rate of men, women and children in the UK meeting the recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables in 3 specific years.
From an overall perspective, the figure for women accounted for the lion’s share throughout the surveyed period whilst that of children was recorded at bottom. Consumption levels reached a peak in 2006 for all groups before indicating a slight drop by 2010.
To be specific, the percentage of women consuming the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables occupied for approximately 26% in 2002, closely followed by those of children with just under 25%. In terms of men, the percentage of who consumed the suggested amount of fruits and vegetables placed the lowest at about 23% in the first examined year.
Mentioning the level of women met the recommended intake, this pattern grew remarkably to nearly 33% in 2006 before witnessing a dramatic drop to roughly 18% in the next 4 years. Likewise, the ones of children and men benefitted from a climb by approximately 2% in 2006. From 2006 onwards, both figures suffered from a considerable decline to just over 15% and 10% respectively.