The world health organization recommends that people should eat five or more portion of fruit and vegetables per day. The bar chart shows the percentage of males and females in the UK by age group in 2006

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of men and women consuming more than five portions of fruits and

vegetables

per day at different ages in the UK in 2006. At the onset, it is obvious that

fruit

and

vegetables

are mostly consumed by the age

group

of 55-64 and less is eaten by the young generations of 19-24.

In addition

, almost in all

groups

females use more portions of

fruit

and vegetable than males per day. The highest demand for

fruit

and

vegetables

is by the old generation of 55-64,

while

teenagers of 19-24 use them quite seldom.

Fruit

and

vegetables

are

also

popular among their previous generations of 65-74 and 45-54. It is an interesting fact that the

group

of age 35-44 uses live vitamins with the same proportion as 75 years old

group

. Women are more addicted to

fruit

and

vegetables

in

groups

of 45-54 consuming 5% more than men. In

groups

of 65-74, 55-64, and 35-44 the difference in consumption is 4%.

On the other hand

, there is not so big a difference between both sexes in

groups

of 25-34 with 2% and 19-24 with 1%.

On the other hand

, the

group

of 75 uses cellulose with the same percentage by both gender