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

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bar chart illustrates the proportion of humankind (males, females, and children) on

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five times produces in a day in the UK over an eight-year period between 2001 and 2008.

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, Women are by far the highest

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goods. Meanwhile, children consumed the smallest portion throughout the given period.

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with, females surpassed the figure for the other categories. It stood at just above 20% at first

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rose significantly by 10% in 2006.

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point onwards, the proportion

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vegetables

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and fruit consumption witnessed a decline

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approximately 30% in the following two years. Regarding the two remaining groupings, Men and Kids saw stable trends in the three early periods. Males started at around 17% before experiencing a gradual increase from 17% to 28% between 2004 and 2007 and remaining steady in 2008 at roughly 28%,

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decreased to nearly 25% at

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.

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, Child started slightly lower than fellows at about 12% in the beginning

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rose gradually and reached a peak at precisely 25% in 2007 before dropping a slight point

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24%

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