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. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts illustrate the proportions of sodium, saturated fat and added sugar consumed by the average person in the USA across four eating occasions:

breakfast

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lunch

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dinner

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and

snacks

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.

Overall

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dinner

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accounts for the highest share of sodium and saturated fat intake,

whereas

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added sugar is consumed predominantly through

snacks

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breakfast

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consistently contributes the smallest proportion across all three nutrients. In terms of sodium,

dinner

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makes up the largest percentage at 43%, followed by

lunch

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at 29%.

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, both

breakfast

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and

snacks

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contribute an identical and considerably lower share of 14% each. A similar pattern can be observed for saturated fat.

Dinner

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again represents the highest intake at 37%,

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lunch

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accounts for 26%.

Snacks

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contribute 21%, which is slightly higher than

breakfast

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at 16%. The distribution of added sugar,

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, differs noticeably.

Snacks

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are responsible for the largest proportion, at 42%, which is almost double the figure for

dinner

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(23%).

Lunch

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and

breakfast

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contribute relatively modest shares, at 19% and 16% respectively.