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 pie charts provide key information about the nutrients included in our diet that may negatively affect our health. These nutrients are categorized into three groups:
sodium
, saturated fat, and added sugar
. The units are measured in percentages.
Overall
, it is clear from the graphs that dinner had the highest percentage of sodium
and saturated fat. Additionally
, snacks contained the highest percentage of added sugar
, whereas
breakfast had the lowest percentage across all three categories.
According to
the data, sodium
and saturated fat accounted for 43% and 37% of the nutrients in dinner, respectively. In contrast
, snacks contributed 14% of sodium
and 21% of saturated fat. Added sugar
was highest in snacks at 42%, followed by dinner at 23%.
In terms of breakfast, the percentages of sodium
, saturated fat, and added sugar
were the lowest among all meals, with 14% for sodium
and 16% for both saturated fat and added sugar
. For lunch, the percentages of sodium
, saturated fat, and added sugar
were moderate, at 29%, 26%, and 19%, respectively.Submitted by ijaly on
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