Average percentages of sodium, saturated fats and added sugars in typical meals consumed in the USA

The pie charts illustrate the ratio of

sodium

, saturated

fats

and added

sugar

in four average daily meals consumed by Americans. The percentages of these three nutrients in breakfast,

lunch

,

dinner

and

snacks

that American citizens generally consume are given and they are detrimental

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health if consumed plenty in quantity. Overall, dinners and lunches that the USA residents consume are

sodium

and saturated

fats

rich while their

snacks

have a high portion of added

sugar

. In

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, USA citizens'

sodium

,

sugar

and saturated

fats

intake

during the breakfast is comparatively lower, around 14-16% each time.

Intake

of these nutrients is considerably higher in food items they eat during

lunch

and

dinner

. The

lunch

they eat comprises

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29%

sodium

, 26% saturated

fats

and nearly 20%

sugar

. They consume much higher percentages of these nutrients, which are harmful to health when eaten too much, while they heave their

dinner

. Their

intake

of

sodium

, saturated

fats

and

sugar

during

dinner

are 43%, 37% and 23% respectively.

Finally

, the

snacks

they enjoy contain high

sugar

and

fats

, 42% and 21%, respectively, and the

sugar

intake

in

snacks

is higher than that of

dinner

and

lunch

.