Band 9: The chart below gives information about European people of different age groups who went to the gym once a month or more between 1990 and 2010.

The line graph illustrates the percentage of European individuals in 4 different groups who went to the gym at least once monthly from 1990 to 2010.

Overall, there was a consistent increase in the proportion of European residents of all age groups, with a dramatic rise for the youngest group, and notably, the share of people aged 45 and over had the lowest position throughout the period.

Concerning the two youngest groups, whose figures were always the highest throughout the period. These figures, commencing at merely 10 percent in 1990, were followed by a remarkable ascend of about 20 percent in the first eight years. At this point, the share of the 18-24 age group witnessed a potential surge to approximately 60 percent before rising to a lesser extent. Furthermore, the percentage of the 25-34 age range also increased consistently to over 50 percent at the end of the period.

Regarding the remaining groups, under 5 percent of the 45 and over age group went to the gym in 1990 before growing significantly to about 20% 20 years later. Meanwhile, a similar pattern was witnessed in the figure for the 35-44 age range, but to a greater extent, starting at approximately 5 percent before rising considerably to roughly 40 percent.