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 presents the

proportion

of

males

and females consuming five or greater portions of healthy foods per day as advised by the World Health Organization.

This

includes data from 2006 in the UK.

Overall

, females follow the recommendations by gaining the highest percentage in all

age

groups except for 75

years

old which has an equal

proportion

to

males

.

Additionally

, the lowest ratio is those people aged 19-24

years

old in both sexes. In detail, the percentage of 19-24-year-old men who consume five or more portions of fruits and vegetables per day in the UK was 15%,

this

was considered the lowest

proportion

in the study.

Moreover

,

this

increased by 5% with 25-34

years

old. Equally, 22.5% of men in 35-44 and 45-54

years

old included fruits and vegetables daily. The

age

group with the greatest fraction were men aged 55- 64

years

old with more than 30%.

However

, as

age

declined, the rate of 65-74-year-old

males

went down as well by 5% and

finally

, a quarter of 75-year-old

males

included fruits and vegetables daily. In comparison, the

proportion

of females

also

increased as

age

went up. From more than 15% in the 19-24

age

group to just above 20% in women aged 25-34

years

old. There was a small rise in the fraction of women aged 35-44

years

old with 25% and

this

continuously grew in the next

age

group and peaked at 35% in women at 55-64

years

old. Similar to

males

,

this

proportion

slowly dropped to a quarter at the

age

of 75.