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Fruit consumption

Fruit consumption

Period: April 2009
Questions: On average, how many days do you eat fruit within a week? On the day(s) that you have eaten fruit, how many fruit do you eat? A fruit equals to a medium-sized apple or orange, a banana, two small fruit such as kiwi fruits or plums, or one bowl of small fruit like grapes or strawberries.



Average number of fruit eaten per day* Male
Number (%)
Female
Number (%)
Overall
Number (%)
Less than 1 515 (51.4%) 482 (40.8%) 997 (45.6%)
1 to 2 446 (44.5%) 625 (52.8%) 1 071 (49.0%)
More than 2 40 (4.0%) 73 (6.1%) 113 (5.2%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 1 (0.1%) 3 (0.2%) 4 (0.2%)
Total 1 002 (100.0%) 1 183 (100.0%) 2 185 (100.0%)

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