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Fruit consumption

Fruit consumption

Period: April 2008
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 1 449 (46.1%) 421 (37.4%) 870 (41.4%)
1 to 2 486 (49.9%) 631 (56.1%) 1 118 (53.2%)
More than 2 34 (3.5%) 69 (6.1%) 103 (4.9%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 5 (0.5%) 4 (0.4%) 9 (0.4%)
Total 975 (100.0%) 1 125 (100.0%) 2 100 (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.