The pie charts depict the average percentages of sodium, saturated fats and added sugars in the typical meals consumed in the USA, and there is a notion that these may prove unhealthy when consumed in unlimited quantities.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is apparent that sodium and saturated fats constituted a major portion of dinner, and the snacks contained a lot of added sugar, though the proportion of these nutrients did not show much variation in breakfast.
With regard to dinner and lunch, more than half of the sodium, constituting 43 %, was consumed during dinner. Moreover, it accounted for 28% of the lunch. Likewise, the proportion of saturated fats in dinner did not vary much, as it was just 5% lesser at 37%. Although breakfast constituted a lesser nutritive value in terms of sodium, which was just 14% compared to saturated fats at 21%, a similar proportion to dinner time at 21%.
On the other hand, snacks that contained added sugar were very popular as 43% accounted for the same, and this was almost less than double the sugar consumed for dinner, which constituted 23%. Contrarily, the average percentage of these nutrients were almost similar during breakfast, with the figures showing 14% and 16% respectively.