IELTS Bar chart - percentage of people who ate five portions of fruits and vegetables per day in UK from 2001 to 2008.

The bar chart illustrates in percentages the
number
of people who ate five meals of fruits or vegetables per day in the UK between 2001 and 2008.
Overall
, the
number
of women was considerably higher than the
number
of men or children all period of time. Looking more closely, the
rate
of children was similar in the first three years of roughly 12%.
Then
, the percentage sharply rose until 2007 when reached its peak of approximately 25%, followed by a slight decrease. Throughout the period, the pattern in men's
rate
was rather different by just 5 %. The
number
gradually grew until 2006, when it arrived at around 27% and remained unchanged
also
in the next year. Regarding women's percentage, it can be observed that the
rate
increased steadily from 20% in 2001 to 35% in 2006, when it arrived at the maximum level from the chart.
It is clear that
in 2007 and 2008, the
rate
of them fell gradually below 30%.
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