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Fruit consumption

Fruit consumption

Period: April 2016
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 1 037 (54.6%) 871 (40.1%) 1 908 (46.9%)
1 to 2 789 (41.5%) 1 170 (53.9%) 1 958 (48.1%)
More than 2 73 (3.9%) 128 (5.9%) 201 (4.9%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 1 (0.1%) 2 (0.1%) 4 (0.1%)
Total 1 900 (100.0%) 2 171 (100.0%) 4 071 (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.