The bar chart below illustrates the proportion of women, men and children consuming five servings of fruit and vegetables each day in 8 years between 2001 and 2008 in the UK

The bar chart below illustrates the

proportion

of women, men and

children

consuming five servings of

fruit

and

vegetables

each day in 8 years between 2001 and 2008 in the UK.

Overall

, it can be concluded that the highest percentage of all people consuming

fruit

and

vegetables

is women,

while

children

accounted for the lowest

proportion

.

Furthermore

, there was a significant increase in the

proportion

of people who eat these food items over the given period. The percentage of women who eat

fruit

and

vegetables

started at just over 20% in 2001. After that, the figure rose steadily and

then

reached a peak at 35% in 2006, before falling slightly to 30% in the final year. In terms of men and

children

who eat

fruit

and

vegetables

, the rate remained relatively stable in the first three years. From

this

point, the

proportion

of men increased slightly

then

peaked at 28% in both 2006 and 2007, before falling to about 26%. A similar pattern was witnessed in the figure for

children

as it reached 27% in 2007 and around 24% in the final year.