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.

A glance at the pie charts provided reveals a comparison of consumed nutrients, namely

sodium

, saturated fat and added

sugar

in the United States. One particularly interesting fact highlighted by the figure is that all three types of substances were used almost in the same proportion for breakfast.

While

sodium

and saturated fat were by far the most consumed aliments during the dinner. Looking at

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breakfast first, Americans used only 14% of

sodium

,

whereas

both saturated fat and added

sugar

made up a higher number at 16%.

However

, these products had more popularity for the lunch, accounting for 29%, 26% and 19% respectively in the same order mentioned above. With regard to snacks,

while

sodium

had the lowest number at 14%, almost three times as many people

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added

sugar

products and around 21% of saturated fat.

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can be seen during the dinner in the usage of

sodium

(43%), saturated fat (37%) and added

sugar

which had the least percentage of 23%.