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Fruit consumption

Fruit consumption

Period: April 2012
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 1 540 (58.3%) 468 (41.9%) 1 007 (49.4%)
1 to 2 346 (37.4%) 575 (51.6%) 922 (45.2%)
More than 2 37 (4.0%) 68 (6.1%) 105 (5.1%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 3 (0.4%) 4 (0.3%) 7 (0.4%)
Total 926 (100.0%) 1 115 (100.0%) 2 041 (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.