The pie charts illustrate the proportion of three potentially unhealthy ingredients in typical meals consumed in the USA.
In general, dinner comprises the largest proportion of sodium, saturated fat, while snacks are responsible for the highest sugar intake rates. Of particular note are breakfast and lunch which include the modest and moderate amounts of each nutrient, respectively.
Dinner covers virtually two fifths of sodium and saturated fat, with the former making up 43%, while the latter 37%. In sharp contrast, added sugar is not so high in this meal, at 23%. On the other hand, snacks reflect the partial opposite of this, the percentages of which account for 42% for added sugar, twice as little when it comes to saturated fat, and only 14% for sodium.
Lunch, however, is made up of medium amounts for each. It holds 29% and 26% of sodium and saturated fat, while the quantity of sugar is pretty lower, standing at 19%. Moving to the breakfast, it is the least unhealthy type of meal among the three. It embraces roughly an equal share of nutrients, at around 15% from each.