Fruit consumption
Period : April 2005
Questions : On average, how many days do you eat fruit within a week? On the day(s) that you have eaten fruit, how many fruits do you eat? A fruit equals to a medium-sized apple or orange, a banana, two small fruits such as apricot or plum, or one bowl of small fruits like grapes or strawberries.
| Average number of fruits eaten per day* |
Male
Number(%) |
Female
Number(%) |
Overall
Number(%) |
| Less than 1 |
565 (56.9%) |
472 (42.6%) |
1 037 (49.3%) |
| 1 to 2 |
384 (38.7%) |
576 (51.9%) |
960 (45.7%) |
| More than 2 |
31 (3.2%) |
52 (4.7%) |
83 (4.0%) |
| Unknown/Missing/Outliers |
12 (1.2%) |
9 (0.8%) |
21 (1.0%) |
| Total |
993 (100.0%) |
1 109 (100.0%) |
2 102 (100.0%) |
Notes:
*Average number of fruits eaten per day is calculated by dividing the total number of fruits eaten within a week by 7.
Add-ups may not be equal to total due to rounding.