Given are the pie charts comparing three unhealty food commodities, namely sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar in terms of consumption in the USA.
Overall, the proportion of sodium and saturated fat consumed exhibites a balanced distribution across meals, with dinner constituting the largest share, whilst added sugar is consumed in more significant amount as snacks.
Focusing first on dinner, it formes a sizeable fraction of sodium (43%), which exceeds saturated fat (37%) by a noticeable margin. Nonetheless, added sugar intake accounts for only a negligible proportion, representing just below a quarter. With regard to snacks, significantly higher added sugar content is recorded (42%), which is twice as much as saturated fat. A mere 14% of sodium is eaten during snacks.
Coming to remaining categories, lunch time meals comprise less than 30% of sodium and saturated fat, compared to added sugar with just under a fifth. Meanwile, breakfast is the only time when the consumption of above mentioned nutrients is cut down. The percentage of added sugar and saturated fat is equal, 16% both, just ahead of sodium at a modest 14%.
