Fruit consumption
Period: April 2014
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 half bowl of small fruit like grapes or strawberries.
| Average number of fruit eaten per day* |
Male
Number (%) |
Female
Number (%) |
Overall
Number (%) |
| Less than 1 |
1 113 (56.8%) |
861 (39.6%) |
1 974 (47.7%) |
| 1 to 2 |
789 (40.3%) |
1 208 (55.6%) |
1 997 (48.3%) |
| More than 2 |
57 (2.9%) |
105 (4.8%) |
162 (3.9%) |
| Unknown/Missing/Outliers |
0 (0.0%) |
1 (<0.05%) |
1 (<0.05%) |
| Total |
1 960 (100.0%) |
2 174 (100.0%) |
4 134 (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.