Fruit consumption
Period: April 2009
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 |
515 (51.4%) |
482 (40.8%) |
997 (45.6%) |
| 1 to 2 |
446 (44.5%) |
625 (52.8%) |
1 071 (49.0%) |
| More than 2 |
40 (4.0%) |
73 (6.1%) |
113 (5.2%) |
| Unknown/Missing/Outliers |
1 (0.1%) |
3 (0.2%) |
4 (0.2%) |
| Total |
1 002 (100.0%) |
1 183 (100.0%) |
2 185 (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.