The charts below show what percentage of their daily intake of various nutrients the average person in the USA consumes in each meal and in snacks. These nutrients may be unhealthy if eaten too much.

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give the percentage of sodium, saturated fats and added sugar present in the food
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These can lead to deterioration of health if
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large quantities
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, most of them are eaten
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dinner, except for added sugar, which is mostly found in snacks. Lesser quantities of these nutrients are taken in breakfast. Salt intake is the highest
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dinner, containing 43% of the total, with only 28% in both breakfast and snacks combined. The rest of the 29% is consumed
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lunch. Saturated fats are mostly present in
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large meals, like lunches and dinners, comprising
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26% and 37%, respectively. Breakfast
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contributes about 21% to the intake of fats. Comparatively, added
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are seen more in snacks than in the bigger portions of food in the day. A major amount of 42% of glucose is consumed alone in the snacking time, followed by almost half of its amount in the consumed with the
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meal of the day. The remaining 37% of the daily ingestion is provided in the morning and
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noon. In conclusion, these nutrients
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essential, can potentially harm our body. It is
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extremely necessary to keep a check
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the quantity used in our meals
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the day.

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