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 chart illustrates the differences in the

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of three types of nutrients which were supplied by four meals in the USA.

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, dinner accounted for the largest

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of sodium and saturated fat, except for added sugar, which was mostly supported by

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.

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, breakfast constituted the lowest percentage across all three categories. For sodium and saturated fat, both of them shared similar characteristics. Dinner accounted for the largest

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at 43% and 37% respectively, followed by lunch making up 29% and 26%.

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, the

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of

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of sodium was 14%, with the same figure for breakfast.

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,

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accounted for a higher

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of saturated fat than breakfasts at 21% and 16%. As for the remaining category of added sugar,

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made up the highest

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at 42%, followed by dinner accounting for 23%.

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, lunch took up a lower percentage at 19%, with the similar share for breakfast at 16%.