The bar chart details the proportion of males and females across different age categories in the UK who consumed at least five portions of fruit and vegetables every day in 2006.
Overall, the chart shows that fruit and vegetable consumption tends to be higher in females than in males, with the 19-24(2) age group having the highest percentage of consumers, followed by 55-64 year olds, while 19-24(1) and 25-34 year olds show low consumption. The female consumers of the 35-44 and 75-year groups are the same.
In the 19-24(2) age group, females show the highest percentage of consumption, about 35%, than males (31%). In the 45-54 age group, fruit and vegetable consumption shows 22% in males and 26% in females, which is similar to males in the 55-64 age group and to females at about 30%. The 25-34 year old group has a lower percentage, with men at 20% and women at 23% in the consumption rate, while 19-24(1) year group remained the lowest among all categories, men 15% and women 16%.
Both males and females consumed the same portion of fruit and vegetables, reaching 25% among older people (75 years old), which is the same as for 35-44 year old females, with 23% of males in this category.