The bar chart depicts the percentage of individuals in UK who consumed five portions of fruit and vegetables per day between 2001 and 2008.
Overall, despite all three categories saw significant increase, woman had the highest percentage followed by men and children, respectively throughout the years.
From 2001 to 2006, the three categories grew dramatically. The woman had percentage of a bit higher than 20% in 2001, then improved steeply until reached its peak of more than 30% in 2006. On the other hand, the men and the children saw flat movements of first three years with just around 16% for the men, and a bit over of 10% for the children. Then, after the three stagnant years, these two increased steadily until 2006, with the men touched their maximum point of around 27% and the children reached around 23% at the same year.
From 2006 to 2008, all categories experienced different progression. The woman decreased for the next two years until stop at around 30% in 2008. On the other hand, the percentage of the men had been likely the same for year 2006 and 2007, before gone down to around 26% in the last year. Meanwhile, at this period, the children’s percentage fluctuated, which had been increased to around 26% in 2007, but dropped to a bit below 25% in 2008.