UK Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Rates

Diet and nutrition
Food

The chart below shows the percentage of the population in the UK who consumed the recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables in 2002, 2006 and 2010.

Annotated response

7 correction notes

The bar chart illustrates the percentages of males, females and children in the UK consuming the recommended daily amount of fruit and vegetables, in three separate years (2002, 2006 and 2010).

Overall, the proportion of all groups over the period shown. Also, while women had a tendency to consume these foods the most, the group who ate the least amount of children.

As can be seen from the chart, in 2002, approximately a quarter of females in the UK ate fruit and vegetables. This was followed by of males consuming these foods daily, which was double that of children.

Over the following years, the figures for all groups increased to reach peaks in 2006 in which the figure for women was highest at just over 30%. By 2010, however, the percentage of females, males and children eating fruit and vegetables had decreased slightly to 27%, 24% and 14% .

Overall assessment

Why this response received Band 7.5

The report describes the main group patterns and gives largely accurate figures. However, the overview omits the rise to the 2006 peak and subsequent fall, while the body incorrectly places that peak eight years after 2002. The phrase 14% of respectively also needs a grammatical repair.

IELTS criteria

How each score was decided

Task Achievement

7.0

The overview identifies the net increase between 2002 and 2010 and the highest and lowest groups, but the rise to 2006 and subsequent fall appear only in the body. The phrase over the following eight years incorrectly introduces the 2006 peak, which is four years after 2002.

Coherence and Cohesion

7.5

Ideas progress logically through overview, 2002 data, and later trends, with cohesive devices used naturally, although minor phrasing such as 'peaks in 2006 in which' slightly disrupts flow.

Lexical Resource

7.5

Vocabulary is flexible and largely precise for describing trends and proportions, including 'reached peaks', 'had a tendency', and 'decreased slightly', with only minor awkwardness in 'the least amount of fruit and vegetable'.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy

7.5

A range of complex structures is used with generally good control, including participle and relative clauses, but small errors such as 'to 27%, 24% and 14% of respectively' and tense/reference slips show imperfect accuracy.

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