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.