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.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of people including men, women and

children

who ate five portions of

fruits

and

vegetables

every day in the UK between 2001 and 2008.

Overall

, it can be seen that the percentage of consumption

fruits

and

vegetables

by women every day was higher than men and

children

all of the time.

In addition

, the figures for

children

who ate

fruits

and

vegetables

did not change during the 3

years

starting from 2001. Looking at the bar chart, the percentage of females who ate some natural food daily significantly increased by nearly 15% during 6

years

starting at 20% in 2001 and reaching a peak at 35% in 2006 before slightly decreasing to 30% in the final year.

Moreover

, the proportion of men consuming

fruits

and

vegetables

remained stable at 18% from 2001 to 2003 before climbing to 27% in 2006 and slightly going down to 26% in 2008. As can be seen, the percentage of

children

who ate

fruits

and

vegetables

in the UK did not change in the first 3

years

with 11% and slightly went up to 17% during 2

years

before growing up to nearly 23% in the final year.