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.

The pie charts illustrate the proportion of

sodium

, saturated fat, and added sugars in standard meals in the USA:

breakfast

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including breakfast

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, lunch,

dinner

, and

snacks

. At first glance, the highest proportion of the pie charts is

sodium

at

dinner

with

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43%

while

sodium

at

snacks

and

breakfast

is contrasted with 14%. Plus, the percentage of saturated fat at

dinner

is lower than

sodium

at 37%;

however

, it is still the highest on the saturated fat pie

chart

. Both

breakfast

and

snacks

have the approximately same trend on the

chart

.

In addition

,

snacks

are at a peak with 42% on the added sugar

chart

,

while

the rest of the

chart

is not different significantly.

Consequently

, the ft and sugar are the same trends at 16% at lunch and there is a huge difference between the 3 substances at

dinner

with

sodium

(43%), fat (37%), and sugar (23%). In general, one can see that

breakfast

is the most healthy meal and has a low ratio of these three substances

while

snacks

and

dinner

are the opposite.