The bar chart illustrates a breakdown of the amount of fruits and vegetables that women, men and children consumed per day in the UK between 2001 and 2008.
Overall, the data highlights that the majority of fruits and vegetables consumers were women, followed by men, and children falling in the last place with the least consumption. However, all the figures showed considerable fluctuations throughout the years.
During the period under observation, women consistently accounted for the largest portion of eating edible plants everyday. Starting at almost 22% in 2001 then continuing to rise gradually until it reached its peak at approximately 40% in 2006, before steadily decreasing to around 30% in 2008.
Although, men and children displayed a similar pattern with men being higher than kids by almost 5%. Initially, men and children’s allocations remained steady. Moreover, the men maintained a percentage reaching 17% and children almost 13% for the years 2001, 2002, and 2003, respectively. Then, they witnessed a gradual increase until the year 2006 where men’s share reached a peak of almost 27% then remained the same for the next year. In contrast, children kept an upward trend until it reached a high point of approximately 26% in 2007. Then, they relatively declined, hitting a low point of almost 26% for men and around 24% for kids in the year 2008.