The chart below shows the percentage of people who ate five portions of fruit and vegetables per day in the UK from 2001 to 2008.

The chart below shows the percentage of people who ate five portions of fruit and vegetables per day in the UK from 2001 to 2008.
The chart illustrates the
amount
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number
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of people in
percentage
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the percentage
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who consumed five servings of
fruits
and
vegetables
per day in eight consecutive
years
beginning from 2001. People are divided into three
groups
: men, women and children.
Overall
, the
percentage
of people who ate five portions of
fruits
and
vegetables
had increased with just a slight decline in
last
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the last
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two
years
. Women in all the
years
were the biggest group of all. But the difference between
groups
had become insignificant in the
last
years
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few years
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. The
percentage
of women who ate
fruits
and
vegetables
started at over 20% in 2001 and was increasing gradually till reaching a peak of nearly 35% in 2006. But
then
it started to slowly
going
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go
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down to nearly 30% in the
last
year. In terms of men and children, the
percentage
stood relatively still for the first three
years
with about 17% and 12%
respectfully
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respectively
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.
Then
, the proportion started to climb gradually to reach the highest point for both
groups
in 2007 with about 27% for men and 25% for children. In the
last
year
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,year
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the
consuming
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consumption
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of
fruits
and
vegetables
decreased slightly and both
groups
lost several
percent
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per cent
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.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "last".
Vocabulary: Replace the words percentage, fruits, vegetables, years, groups with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "nearly" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "gradually" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "slight" was used 2 times.

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