The chart illustrates the proportion of men,women and children who consumed five serving of fruits and vegetables each day for 8 years between 2001 and 2008 in The UK.
It is clear that the proportion of women who ate fruits and vegetables remained relatively high compared to that of the men and children.However there was an overall increase in the proportion of people who ate fruits and vegetables.
In the year 2001,20% of women consumed fruits and vegetables which rose steadily and reached a peak in the year 2006 and later depicted a small decrease to 30% in the year 2008.
In terms of men and children the percentage remained relatively stable for the first three years 13%and 17%. Further there was a gradual increase in the ratio of men to 27%in 2006 and later declined to 26 % in 2008.On the other hand the ratio of children grew to 27% in the year 2006 and reduced to 24% in 2008