The charts below shows the percentage of people who ate five proportions of fruits and vegetables per day in the UK from 2001 to 2008.

The bar chart compares the proportion of men, women and

children

in the UK ingesting

five

portions of

fruit

and

vegetables

daily over a period of eight years.

It is clear that

the percentage of women consuming

five

proportions of fruits and

vegetables

is

overall

higher than the other two groups of people over the period shown.

By contrast

, the group of

children

can be seen to have the lowest proportion of those who eat a large amount of

fruit

and

vegetables

in their daily intake. In 2001, over 20% of females consumed

five

proportions of

fruit

and

vegetables

,

while

males and

children

had relatively low figures of around 17% and 12%. Since

then

, the percentage of women rose continuously and reached a peak of over 35% in 2006. A similar tendency can be seen in the male group. From 2001 to 2003, the figure for males remained stable

then

slowly increased, and peaked at around 27% in 2006.

However

, the figures for

children

eating

five

proportions of

fruit

and

vegetables

have always been the lowest, but an increasing trend is

also

shown. And in 2007 saw about 25% of

children

ate

five

portions a day.