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 pie charts illustrate the average usage of three types of nutrients in regular meals, all of which may be hazardous if consumed in excess.
Overall
it can be seen that breakfast is the healthiest meal for the majority of Americans, as seen by the lowest levels of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar
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Dinner is the meal to which Americans add the most salt and saturated fat, as evidenced by 43 and 37 % of sodium and fat, respectively. Followed by the percentage of these unhealthy ingredients added to the lunch which contain nearly identical levels of salt and fat, 29 and 26 %.
Despite the fact that sugar
is one of the toxic drugs, its behaviour is distinct. 42 % of people add sugar
to their snacks, compared to 14 and 21 % for sodium and fat, significantly. Furthermore
, the meals with the least amount of added sugar
are evening and lunch, with 23 and 19 %, correspondingly.Submitted by chayada232 on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words sugar with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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