Percentage of UK people who consumed daily recommended amount of fruit and vegetable in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

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and vegetables on

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, between the year 2002 and 2010. It can be observed that the percentage of women who ate advised amount of

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and vegetables was just 25% in the beginning.

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figure rose drastically to reach the peak of 32% in 2006, before falling back to 26% in 2010. In terms of men and children eating

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and vegetable, the trend is relatively stable and started at 23% and 11% respectively. While the rate for men found a slight increment by 4% in 2006, children witnessed a better growth and reached 18%.

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,

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growth was less when compared to that of the women in the same year. From

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point, the values for both the categories declined by exactly 2% each and

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settled at 24% and 16% respectively in 2010. Overall, it can be seen that women are the top consumers of

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and vegetables, followed by men. In spite of a significant increase of children eating these foods, the ratio is low in comparison to the counterparts.