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Fruit consumption

Fruit consumption

Period : April 2005
Questions : On average, how many days do you eat fruit within a week? On the day(s) that you have eaten fruit, how many fruits do you eat? A fruit equals to a medium-sized apple or orange, a banana, two small fruits such as apricot or plum, or one bowl of small fruits like grapes or strawberries.



Average number of fruits eaten per day* Male
Number(%)
Female
Number(%)
Overall
Number(%)
Less than 1 565 (56.9%) 472 (42.6%) 1 037 (49.3%)
1 to 2 384 (38.7%) 576 (51.9%) 960 (45.7%)
More than 2 31 (3.2%) 52 (4.7%) 83 (4.0%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 12 (1.2%) 9 (0.8%) 21 (1.0%)
Total 993 (100.0%) 1 109 (100.0%) 2 102 (100.0%)

Notes:
*Average number of fruits eaten per day is calculated by dividing the total number of fruits eaten within a week by 7.
Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.