IELTS Fluent · Giữa khoá · Writing: Physical Activity by Age Group

The table compares the proportion of adults in five age groups in one country who did at least 150 minutes of physical activity a week in 2004, 2014 and 2024.

Overall, the two youngest groups became less active over the period, whereas the three older groups became more active. As a result, the gap between the age groups was much narrower in 2024 than twenty years earlier.

In 2004, 18–24-year-olds were the most active group, at 62%, followed by those aged 25–34 at 55%. These figures fell steadily over the next two decades, reaching 51% and 49% respectively in 2024.

In contrast, the percentage of active adults aged 35–49 rose from 41% to 50%, so this group overtook the 25–34 age group by the end of the period. The increase was even more noticeable among people aged 50–64, whose figure went up by 14 percentage points to 47%. The oldest group, those aged 65 and over, remained the least active throughout, but their rate almost doubled, climbing from just 18% in 2004 to 35% in 2024.