The charts 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 provide information about the average shares of three types of nutrients which are contained in four typical meals in the USA.

Overall

,

while

sodium

and saturated fat are mostly consumed in the

dinner

, the highest proportion of added sugar is attributed to the

snacks

.

To begin

with, the percentage of

sodium

in the

dinner

is over there times as high as in the

snacks

.

While

the figure for saturated fat in the

dinner

is lower by 6% than that of

sodium

, in the

snacks

,

this

proportion is noticeably higher by a margin of 7%. Regarding sugar levels,

snacks

take the dominance and outstrip the

dinner

meals about twice, comprising 42%. To continue with, breakfast and lunch contain fewer nutrients compared to

dinner

and

snacks

. In terms of breakfast, all the proportions of three nutrients constituted around 15%.

However

, lunch have higher amounts of

sodium

and saturated fat, which account for 29% and 26%, respectively. Meanwhile, the share of added sugar in the lunch is significantly lower than that of

sodium

and fat, containing just a fifth of sugary products.