The table illustrates the weekly consumption dairy products – namely milk and butter – as well as their breakdown into full fat and low fat types, consumed on a weekly basis by people of four age groups in an unspecified country in Europe. The units are measured in milliliters (ml) for milk and in grams (g) for butter.
Overall, the highest consumption of milk is shown by the eldest age group, while the largest amount of butter is consumed by those aged 45 to 65. Notably, the youngest age group consumes the least amount of both of these dairy products; however, their diet mainly consists of full fat types, whereas the opposite is true for the remaining age categories.
Milk consumption increases with age, with the people who are 65-years-old and over recording the highest consumption level at 1900 ml, 70% of which is low-fat milk. People aged 26 to 45 and 45 to 65 show similar milk intake, at 1650 ml and 1670 ml, respectively. Low fat milk dominates in their diet as well, albeit with differing shares: the former group has the largest proportion of low fat milk in the group, at 80% – 25 percentage units more than the latter one. Those aged under 25, however, exhibit the smallest amount of milk consumed every week, at 1200 ml, and the highest share of full-fat milk, at almost 60%.
Individuals aged 45 to 65 rank first in butter consumption, with an intake of 60 g, followed by the eldest age group, who consume half that amount. In these two groups, full-fat and low-fat butter proportions are nearly equal. Those aged 26 to 45 consume 19 g of butter, with the largest share being the low-fat type at 62%, compared to 38% for full-fat butter, whereas the youngest age group, with the lowest consumption at 12 g, has the opposite ratio of fat types.