You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. 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. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar chart illustrates the

percentage

of fruit and vegetable consumption between

males

and females, divided into 7 ranges of age which include 19 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54, 55 to 64, 65 to 74 and 75 years.

Overall

, the

percentage

of female consumption is all-time higher than

males

, except 75-year-old group which is comparatively similar between men and women. Clearly, the ages between 55 to 64 consume the highest

percentage

of eating fruit and vegetables. For more details, the age group between 19 to 24 are the lowest in both men and women, which is less than 15% in

males

and slightly higher in the female group.

Moreover

, the

percentage

continuously increases until reaching the highest point in 55 to 64, up to almost 35 per cent in females and around 32 per cent in

males

.

Then

, the

percentage

declined slowly until age 75, when the male and female percentages are equal, at 25 per cent.