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. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart compares the percentages of children, men and

women

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in the UK who consumed five portions of fruit and vegetables per day between 2001 and 2008.

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,

women

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consistently recorded the highest percentages of people eating five portions of fruits and vegetables per day,

whereas

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children had the lowest figures throughout the

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.

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, the proportion of all three groups increased until 2006 before declining slightly towards the end of the

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. Regarding

women

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and men,

women

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accounted for the highest proportions throughout the

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. The figure for

women

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steadily rose from approximately 23% in 2001 to a peak of 35% in 2006, before falling to around 30% in 2008. A similar trend was observed for men, whose percentages rose from about about 17 % to 27% between 2001 and 2006, after which it decline slightly to around 26%

at the end

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of the

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. In terms of children, they remained the smallest group, eating five portions of fruits and vegetables per day. Their figure rose gradually, starting at around 12% in 2001 and ending at roughly 22% in 2006, and

then

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fell slightly to around 24% in 2008.