The bar chart illustrates the proportion of UK citizens digesting five and above portions of fruit and vegetables on a daily basis, in 2006.
Overall, the fruit and vegetable consumption of females is greater than that of their counterpart for all of the age cohorts, except for the 75 years old and upper age group. The group of people aged from 55 to 64 years old had the highest percentage of citizens eating in accordance with WHO’s recommendation, in contrast with the 19-24 cohort, which possessed the lowest proportion.
Approximately 33% of males aged from 55 to 64 digested five and more portions of fruit and greens a day, slightly lower than 35% of their counterparts. This was followed by roughly 28% for men and 30% for women in the age group that spans from 65 to 74. Meanwhile, a balance can be observed in the figures for citizens above 75 years old who consumed fruits and vegetables as advised by the WHO organization.
In regards to the 45-54 cohort, around 27% of females were eating five and above meals of greens daily, 4% higher than the percentage of males. There was a downward trajectory across all three of the remaining groups as the age gradually decreases, from 23% for male citizens and 25% for citizens of the opposite sex in the group whose age spans from 35 to 44, to approximately 15% for people of both genders.