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Fruit consumption

Fruit consumption

Period: April 2007
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 1 520 (53.6%) 446 (40.4%) 966 (46.6%)
1 to 2 408 (42.0%) 602 (54.6%) 1 010 (48.7%)
More than 2 40 (4.1%) 52 (4.7%) 92 (4.4%)
Unknown/Missing/Outliers 3 (0.3%) 4 (0.3%) 6 (0.3%)
Total 970 (100.0%) 1 104 (100.0%) 2 074 (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.