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 bar chart illustrates the proportion of women, men and

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who consumed five servings of

fruit

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and vegetables each day in the United Kingdom in the period from 2001 to 2008.

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, the consumption of

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and vegetables increased in all brackets over the time period. The highest consumption accounted for women,

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the least accounted for

children

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throughout the time frame. In 2001, women's percentage of eating

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and vegetables was almost 21%,

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rose steadily and reached its peak at around 33% in 2006.

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point, it declined gradually and reached almost 30% in 2008. Men's proportion of

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and vegetable consumption per day started at around 17% in 2001 and stayed almost the same in the following 2 years.

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pattern is similar to

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's figures but starts from just above 10%. After that, both rose dramatically and in the year 2007 reached approximately 28%, 26% for men and

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respectively. In 2008, declined slightly by around 2% difference.