This statistic displays the results of a survey asking individuals in the UK their views on the ease with which they can undertake healthy behaviors as of 2018. Over 80 percent of respondents find it easy to limit their alcohol consumption to 14 units per week, while almost 70 percent of those surveyed can manage at least 30 minutes of exercise a day with ease.
How easy or difficult is it for you to achieve the following recommended healthy behaviors?
Characteristic
Very easy
Fairly easy
Neither easy nor difficult
Fairly difficult
Very difficult
Limit alcohol intake to 14 units per week
63%
19%
10%
5%
2%
Take at least 30 minutes of exercise per day
42%
27%
12%
13%
7%
Eat at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables per day
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Health Foundation, & The King's Fund , & QualityWatch. (June 27, 2018). How easy or difficult is it for you to achieve the following recommended healthy behaviors? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/909977/ability-to-undertake-healthy-behaviors-uk/
Health Foundation, und The King's Fund , und QualityWatch. "How easy or difficult is it for you to achieve the following recommended healthy behaviors?." Chart. June 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/909977/ability-to-undertake-healthy-behaviors-uk/
Health Foundation, The King's Fund , QualityWatch. (2018). How easy or difficult is it for you to achieve the following recommended healthy behaviors?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/909977/ability-to-undertake-healthy-behaviors-uk/
Health Foundation, and The King's Fund , and QualityWatch. "How Easy or Difficult Is It for You to Achieve The following Recommended Healthy Behaviors?." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jun 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/909977/ability-to-undertake-healthy-behaviors-uk/
Health Foundation & The King's Fund & QualityWatch, How easy or difficult is it for you to achieve the following recommended healthy behaviors? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/909977/ability-to-undertake-healthy-behaviors-uk/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
How easy or difficult is it for you to achieve the following recommended healthy behaviors? [Graph], Health Foundation, & The King's Fund , & QualityWatch, June 27, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/909977/ability-to-undertake-healthy-behaviors-uk/