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 provided bar chart illustrates the proportion of UK residents who consume five portions of fruits and vegetables on a daily basis over a period of eight years (2001–2008).

Overall

, over the entire period, it is clearly observable that

this

figure for females was the largest,

while

that for

children

was the smallest in the UK.

Additionally

, the presence of an inflexion point can be seen in the figures for all categories, which is around 2006. In 2001, the percentage of female UK residents who ate five portions of fruits and vegetables every day stood at nearly 23%,

whereas

these proportions for males and

children

were lower at approximately 18% and 13%, respectively. From

this

year until 2003, these figures for men and

children

levelled out,

while

in the four subsequent years, these percentages saw a dramatic rise of 10% and 15%, respectively.

By contrast

, between 2007 and 2008, males' and

children

's consumption of fruits and vegetables fell to approximately 25%.

On the other hand

,

this

figure for women experienced a marked growth to 35% between 2001 and 2006.

However

, in the following two years, a downtrend can be observed, where

this

proportion declined by 5%.