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Fruit consumption

Fruit consumption

Period: April 2010
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 1 483 (52.3%) 414 (38.0%) 897 (44.6%)
1 to 2 398 (43.2%) 602 (55.2%) 1 000 (49.7%)
More than 2 41 (4.5%) 69 (6.4%) 110 (5.5%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 0 (0.0%) 5 (0.5%) 5 (0.3%)
Total 922 (100.0%) 1 091 (100.0%) 2 013 (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.