The chart above shows the percentage of people consuming five servings of fruit and vegetables divided by three categories of men, women and children in the UK between 2001 and 2008.

The given chart illustrates the percentage of people in the UK who ate five servings of fruit and vegetables from 2001 to 2008. The units were measured in per cent and the

categories

were divided into

men

, women and

children

.

Overall

, it can be clearly seen that all types of

categories

experienced a gradual increase between the initial

year

and

last

year

.

However

, in the middle of the given period, all types reached the highest point before falling again. As the bar graph shows, the highest proportion led by women, stood at just above 20% in the initial

year

. Afterwards, the figure increased gradually and reached the highest point in 2006 at approximately 35% before decreasing to around 30% in the final

year

. Regarding another two

categories

,

men

and

children

, have a similar trend. In 2001, the percentage of

children

began at nearly 12% and

men

at 17%. In the following years, the figure in both of these

categories

remained unchanged until 2003,

then

the number started to grow considerably and reached a peak at 28% and 25% in 2007, respectively. In the

last

year

, the proportion both for

men

and

children

went down by 1%.