Average percentage of sodium, saturated fats and added sugar in typical meals consumed in the USA.

The three pie chart shows the average percentage of

sodium

, saturated fats and added sugars in

breakfast

, lunch,

dinner

and snacks consumed in the USA. Overall, it can seem that

sodium

and saturated fat are contained significantly in

dinner

whereas

sugar

is the most consumed ingredient for snacks. In the meantime, the three percentages of the respective element in

breakfast

are the lowest.

First

, the

sodium

and saturated fat involve 43% and 37% each in

dinner

while

sugar

level is only slightly over one fifth. The

first

pie chart describes that

snack

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and

breakfast

are composed of the same level of salt which means

breakfast

is the healthiest meal. Fat and added

sugar

level are the same in the remaining charts consisting of 16%. Lunch has a more balanced nutritional content in terms of the three nutrients than

dinner

and snacks in which are 29% salt, 26% fat and

lastly

19%

sugar

.

In contrast

, the snack has relatively high

sodium

and

sugar

content which makes them the least unhealthy meal consumed by Americans.