The charts below show the average percentages in typical meals of three types of nutrients, all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph shows how much

sodium

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, saturated fat and added sugars were consumed in the average meal in the United States.

Dinner

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and

lunch

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had roughly similar, large proportions for both

sodium

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(43% for

dinner

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and 29% for

lunch

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) and saturated fat (37% for

dinner

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and 26% for

lunch

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). The amount of

sugar

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in an average meal for

dinner

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and

lunch

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was much lower at 23% and 19%, respectively. Turning to breakfast and

snacks

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, which

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had comparable percentages, they were both made up of 14%

sodium

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. For saturated fats,

snacks

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contained 21% and breakfast was slightly lower at 16%. In terms of

sugar

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, there was the greatest disparity with 42% of

snacks

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being sugary and just 18% of breakfasts being made up of

sugar

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. Looking from an

overall

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perspective, it is readily apparent that the majority of

sodium

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and fat

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consumed at

dinner

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,

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most

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sugar

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was eaten in

snacks

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.

Lunch

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tended to be salty and have a lot of fat

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breakfast had the lowest percentages for all three nutrients.