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 given charts illustrate the proportion of three different items of nutrition found in the meals regularly consumed. It is

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noted that the nutrients of the given types could be damaging to health in the case of excessive consumption.

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,

sodium

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and saturated fat are found in the largest percentages at dinner and lunch,

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it is

snacks

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that involve the highest proportion of sugar intake. It is

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worth noting that

breakfast

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contains more or less the same percentages of all three given nutrients. Looking at the figures for dinner and lunch

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43% of

sodium

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is packed in what people have for dinner,

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it contains 6% less saturated fat. Almost a third of lunch,

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, is made up of

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saturated fat amounts to just over a quarter of it. The figures given for

breakfast

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and

snacks

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reveal relatively different trends, as they both have considerably smaller percentages of

sodium

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and saturated fat, with 14% of

sodium

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and 21% of fat for

snacks

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and 14% and 16% for

breakfast

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.

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,

snacks

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are shown to be highest in sugar, at 42%, which is almost 3 times as big as the figure provided for

breakfast

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.