The provided bar chart delineates the proportion of population consuming minimum five servings of fruits and vegetables during a day, highlighting the age group and gender. The given data is based in UK in year 2006.
Overall, the majority of the age group daily consuming more than 5 servings of fruits and veggies are from 55-64. Notably, females have more consumption compared to males across all the age groups. Moreover, at the age of 75 their daily intake remained similar irrespective of their gender.
People at age of 19-24 had the lowest consumption, where, just about 16% of women had a daily intake of fruits and veggies, men were around 15%. A constant increment can be seen in the daily intake of both the genders from age 25 to 64. It surged from 20% males and 22.5% females in 25-34 to 32% males and 34.5% females in 55-64.
Subsequently, during the age of 65-74 the consumption rate dropped both for men and women to 27% and 29.5%, respectively. Similarly, for the age group of 75 and above the daily intake rate for men and women dropped, but both were at 25%.
In conclusion, it is imperative that various changes occur in food habits of people over the spectrum of different age.
