The charts below show the avarage percentages in typical meals of three types of nutrients, all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much.
The pie charts illustrate the proportion of three types of components including
sodium
, saturated fat and added sugar
in four daily meals in the United States.
Overall
, Americans consume the largest amount
of added sugar
in their snacks, whereas
the consumption
of added sugar
in breakfast is the lowest amount
. It can be observed that Americans eat the most amount
of sodium
and saturated fat in their dinner meals.
As for snacks, the figure for added sugar
is the highest at 42%. The consumption
of saturated fat and sodium
is lower in this
meal at 21% and 14%, respectively. Considering dinner, in the USA, the proportion of consumed sodium
is very high at 43%, while
people are used to eating lower saturated fat at 37%. With regard to lunch, the average amount
of sodium
consumption
is equal to saturated fat at approximately 27%. It is worth noting that the figures for the average consumption
of sodium
, saturated fat and added sugar
in breakfast were equal to nearly 15%.Submitted by maryam.nutrition1988 on
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