The charts below show the average percentage in typical meals of three types of nutrients, all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much.

The pie charts indicate how the average proportion of three types of nutrients that may cause some illnesses if people consume too much used in typical meals in the USA. These nutrients are

sodium

, saturated fat and added

sugar

.

Overall

, it can be seen that Americans consume the major percentages of

sodium

and saturated fat at dinner. Meanwhile, there is the largest proportion of

consumption

of added

sugar

is snacks.

First,

obviously, Dinner is the main source of

sodium

and saturated fat with 43% and 37% respectively,

along with

it containing about a quarter of daily

consumption

of added

sugar

. It cannot be ignored that there is the second source of

sodium

and saturated fat

that is

lunch with 29% and 26% respectively. Regarding breakfast, all three recorded types of ingredients are at the lowest rate at which USA's citizens are eaten with 14% of

sodium

, 16% of saturated fat and 16% of added

sugar

.

Finally

,

although

snacks contain only 14% and 21% of

sodium

and saturated fat in Americans' daily

consumption

, it,

however

, dominates added

sugar

consumption

with 42%.