The bar chart illustrates the proportion of people who consumed five portions of fruits and vegetables per day in the UK over 8 years, which is from 2001 to 2008.

The bar chart provides a detailed breakdown of the proportions of daily

fruit

and

vegetable

consumption

among UK citizens categorized by

children

,

men

, and women from 2001 to 2008.

Overall

, it is apparent that women consistently had the highest proportion of

fruit

and

vegetable

consumption

,

while

children

consistently had the lowest. The data reveals notable fluctuations and trends over the years. In 2001,

children

accounted for only 13% of daily

fruit

and

vegetable

consumption

,

while

men

comprised 18%. These figures remained relatively stagnant until 2003 before witnessing a gradual increase. By 2006,

men

reached their peak

consumption

rate at nearly 28%,

while

children

peaked slightly later in 2007 at 27%.

Subsequently

, both groups experienced a minor decline, with

men

and

children

recording proportions of 27% and 24% respectively by the end of the period.

Conversely

, women

initially

represented approximately 28% of daily

fruit

and

vegetable

consumption

, steadily increasing until 2006 when they reached a peak of 35%.

However

, there was a sharp decline in 2007 to 31%, settling at 30% by 2008.