The chart below shows the percentage of men, women and children in the UK who ate five portions of fruit and vegetables per day between 2001 and 2008. In 2001, the figures were 17% for men, 21% for women and 12% for children. In 2002, 17% of men, 24% of women and 12% of children ate five portions per day. In 2003, the percentages were 17% for men, 27% for women and 12% for children. In 2004, the figures increased to 22% for men, 30% for women and 17% for children. In 2005, 24% of men, 32% of women and 20% of children consumed five portions daily. In 2006, the percentages reached 29% for men, 34% for women and 24% for children. In 2007, the figures were 29% for men, 32% for women and 26% for children. Finally, in 2008, 27% of men, 31% of women and 24% of children ate five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. **Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

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of people, among

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,

men

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and

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, who ate five portions of fruit and

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daily between 2001 and 2008.

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it is possible to state that

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account for the largest

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ate five servings of

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and fruits per day,

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, account for the lowest

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of

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eating that amount of fruit and

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keeps rising over the period, going from around 12%, 17% and 22% in 2001 to

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approximately, 24%, 27% and 32% in 2008, respectively, until 2006. Afterwards, in fact, it is possible to notice different trends among the three percentages, with

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both in 2007 and in 2008

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’s share remaining stable in 2007, to

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slightly drop in 2008. A different pattern,

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, can be noticed in

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, which, surprisingly, rises from around 23 to 26 in 2007, to

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drop to 24 in 2008.

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,

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are the only percentages that, from 2001 to 2003, remain steady for three years in a row at around 12% and 17%, respectively. Ultimately,

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have all increased their five servings of fruit and

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per day from 2001, reaching surprisingly high percentages in 2008, after following different trends over the period.