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 three pie charts illustrate the proportion of three nutrients (

sodium

, saturated fat, and added

sugar

) in typical

meals

which are consumed by people in the USA. Excessive consumption may affect one’s health negatively.

Overall

, the first two

meals

of the day, which are

breakfast

and

lunch

, are likely to be healthy rather than

dinner

and snacks.

Moreover

,

it is clear that

dinner

contains the highest of

sodium

and saturated fat,

whereas

people will obtain a lot of added

sugar

when snacking.

According to

the pie charts,

breakfast

and

lunch

seem to be quite healthy

meals

, with a relatively even distribution of nutrients.

Breakfast

is the lightest meal which contains

sodium

, saturated fat and added

sugar

around 14 to 16 per

cent

.

Similarly

, people consume between 19 to 29 per

cent

of each nutrient when having

lunch

, with added

sugar

representing the lowest and

sodium

showing the highest.

On the other hand

,

dinner

and snacks appear to be unhealthy

meals

and less balanced. The figures experience that

dinner

contains the highest both

sodium

and saturated fat, which accounted for 43 per

cent

and 37 per

cent

, respectively.

However

, added

sugar

in

dinner

(23 per

cent

) is higher than those in

breakfast

and

lunch

as well. For snacks, there is 42 per

cent

of added

sugar

contained and

this

percentage makes the highest contribution.