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The World Health Organization advises that people consume more than five servings of produce daily. The bar chart compares the proportions of people in the UK who did so in 2006, broken down by age and gender.
Overall, the share of women following dietary advice was higher than that of men in all age groups except for the oldest one. The difference, however, was only a few percentage points. The following trend can also be seen: the older people became, the higher the percentage of them eating the suggested amount, with consumption peaking in the 55-64 age group before declining in the two oldest age ranges.
Of all the age groups polled, people in the youngest one followed guidelines the least, with 15% of men consuming the suggested amount as opposed to 17% of women. These consumption levels increased with age, by 5% for men and 6% for women in the subsequent age range and again by 3% and 2% in the one after that, respectively. Among the 45–54-year-olds, the figure for men held steady at just under a quarter while that for their female peers continued to climb, accounting for just over a quarter.
The most pronounced rise was recorded in the 55-64 age category, in which exactly a third of men and a slightly higher share of women (at just under 35%) ate the recommended quantity of fruit and vegetables. These figures were the peak level of consumption for both genders.
The two oldest age brackets, however, bucked the foregoing trend as adherence to dietary guidelines declined in these groups. As was the case in the preceding age groups, women outnumbered men in the 65-74 age group too, with respective figures amounting to around 29% and 27%. The numbers reached parity in the oldest age group, at exactly 25%.
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