The line graph illustrates European citizens in four age categories who visited a gym at least once per month over a twenty-year period from 1990 to 2010.
Overall, regular gym participations became popular among all age groups, attendence was consistently higher for younger individuals, while people aged 45 and above represented the lowest levels, despite a gradual rise throughout the period.
At the start of the period, 18-24 year-olds stood at nealy 10%, only slightly higher than that of the 25-34 age groups, who experienced steady increased, obtaining approximately 50% by 2010. Meanwhile, 35-44 years-old and people aged 45 and over had a meager 5% each in 1990. Those aged 18-24 showed dramatic growth at 25% by 1998, but then accelerated sharply, reaching its peak of almost 60% in 2006, before stabilizing at just over 57% by the end.
The same upward trend was noticed for those aged 35-44, although a rise was less pronounced. The proportion of 25-44 years olds increased moderately to around 40% by the end of the period, while individuals aged 45 and over remained the least active, despite it saw a modest rise to about 20%.