The chart below shows the percentage of the population in the UK who consumed the recommended daily amount of fruit and vegetables in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

The bar charts show the

percentage

of the

population

in the UK in 2002, 2006 and 2010 who consumed the daily recommended

amount

of fruit and vegetables. It is evident that each year

women

had the highest

percentage

of the

population

who consumed the recommended daily

amount

followed by

men

and

children

. In 2002,

Women

had the largest

population

of people who consumed the daily recommended

amount

of fruit and vegetables at 25% followed by

men

at 22% and

lastly

by

children

at only 11%. All three categories showed a significant increase in 2006 with

women

who showed an increase of 7

percentage

points

at 32%

while

men

showed an increase of 6

percentage

points

at 28% followed by

children

at 16%. Things took a drastic turn in 2010

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when all three categories fell by a lot

while

the

population

of people who ate the advised daily

amount

of fruits and veggies were still higher than that in 2002.

Women

contributed the most with 27% followed by

men

who were 3

percentage

points

behind

women

at 24%

whereas

only 14% of the

children

consumed the daily

amount

advised. In comparison to these values from 2002,

It is clear that

the

population

of both

men

and

women

eating the daily advised

amount

of fruits and vegetables have increased by 2

percentage

points

while

the

population

of

children

eating the advised

amount

has increased by 3

percentage

points

.