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

The bar chart illustrates the

percentage

of British people who consumed five portions of fruits and vegetables every day between 2001 and 2008 by dividing them into three categories. The number was measured in

percentage

.

Overall

, it can be seen that

women

accounted for the majority of eating five portions of fruits and vegetables a day. It can

also

be observed that all the categories saw a slight increase almost the period, except the three final years of the research. Regarding

men

and

children

from 2001 to 2003, these figures remained steady throughout the period, with roughly 17% for

men

and merely 11% for

children

. Meanwhile, the

percentage

of

women

increased from 20% to 26%.

However

, in 2004, the

figure

for

men

rose gradually by 4%,

while

the

figure

for

children

rose significantly by 6%. In 2004, the

figure

for

women

, no surprisingly, reached 27% and remained the highest compared to the others. Turning to the remaining statistics, the proportion of

men

increased from 2005 to 2006 before it remained unchanged in the following 2 years at 25%.

Therefore

, the

percentage

of

men

was reduced to 21 in the final year of the survey. Concerning the year 2006, the

figure

for

women

reached its peak of considerably 32%;

by comparison

, the

percentage

of

children

was relatively 20%.