WRITING TASK 1 You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The charts below show the average percentages in typical meals of three types of nutrients sodium, saturated fat and added sugar , all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The pie charts illustrate the average proportion of

sodium

, saturated fat and added

sugar

in typically everyday dishes in the United States, which are nutrients that might be unhealthy if eaten excessively.

Overall

, the highest

percentage

of

sodium

and saturated fat is found mostly in dinner

meals

,

while

snacks have a huge

amount

of added

sugar

. Breakfast and lunch

meals

have nearly the same

amount

of three nutrients.

Initially

, dinner

meals

have the largest

percentage

of

sodium

and saturated fat among other dishes with 43 per cent and 37 per cent respectively, whilst having 23 per cent of

sugar

added. Snacks have a significant number of added

sugar

nearly 42%, an

amount

fat at 21% and

also

a small

percentage

of

sodium

which is 14%.

Secondly

, lunch

meals

have almost the same

amount

of

sodium

and fat which are 29%

sodium

and 26% fat, meanwhile having 19% of added

sugar

. For breakfast, it is discovered that all three nutrients have the same

percentage

16% for

sodium

and added

sugar

, and 14% for

sodium

.