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

The bar chart gives information regarding the proportion of British eating five portions of fruits and vegetables every day from 2001 to 2008.

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, the percentage of people increased throughout the

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, with a slight decrease after 2006.

It is clear that

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women consumed most of these products,

whereas

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children least. Focusing first on the

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between 2001 and 2006, in 2001, approximately 10, 20, and almost 25 per cent of children, men, and women ate five portions of vegetables and fruits, respectively. By 2006, the figure for all three groups increased significantly, by 10%. As for the remaining

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, after 2006, the percentage of women started to drop, with 1 in 3 of them by the end of the

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. Regarding the two other groups, by 2007, their proportions were nearly the same, at slightly lower than 28%.

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, by 2008, the figure for children fell to around 25%,

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for males, it remained relatively stable.