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

The bar chart illustrates the

proportion

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of people who ate five portions of fruit and vegetables per day in the UK between 2001 and 2008, expressed in percentages.

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, the

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of women, men, and

children

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increased, with substantial growth among

children

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.

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, it is evident that women were the leading fruit and vegetable consumers over the period,

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children

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accounted for the smallest

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. In terms of women, the share constantly increased from around 21% to about 35% between 2001 and 2006 before moderately declining to 30%

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of the period.

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, the

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of men remained stable around 17% from 2001 to 2003, and

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considerably increased to about 27% in 2006. Afterwards, it stood at approximately 27% until 2007 before slightly decreasing to 26 in 2008.

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, the percentage of

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remained unchanged at roughly 13% between 2001 and 2003, after which it significantly rose from 13% to 25%

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between 2003 and 2007.

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, it moderately declined to 23% in 2008.