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

The presented bar chart describes the distribution of British citizens who consumed 5 portions of vegetables and fruits daily from 2001 to 2008.

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, the quantities of all participants remarkably increased;

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the chunk of women witnessed the most dramatic change, that of men and children shared a similar trend. Looking into details, the proportion of women was dominant at just north of 20% at the start of the course.

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sum rose gradually for the next 5 years and skyrocketed to a high of 35% in the year 2006, preceding a sharp fall to 30% in 2008. Noticeably, the fraction of women maintained its highest status throughout the entire period.

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, children consumed the least amount of vegetables and fruits as the percentage of these participants started at a mere 12%.

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number largely plateaued in the first 3 years, prior to its significant surge in 2004 where it continued to accelerate until reaching a climax of over 25% in 2007 and plummeted to just south of that to end the period.

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, the rate of men was unvaried at around 17% in the initial 3 years. After a remarkable jump in 2004, it peaked at approximately 26% before

finally

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dropping to just above 25%

to conclude

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the course.