The pie charts represent the ingestion rates of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar in meals from adults from the UK. Excessive consumption of these nutrients can cause negative impacts on people’s health.
Among all meals, sodium and saturated fat are mostly consumed during dinner. In contrast, snacks represent almost half proportion for the ingestion of added sugar by UK adults.
In general, breakfast has similar proportions for the amount of consumed nutrients. Sodium represents a 13%, and just 3% more is the rate of the rest of the nutrients during breakfast. For lunch, the rates are between 20 and 28 per cent of each nutrient, added sugar being the least consumed and sodium the highest.
During snacks and dinner, the proportions are more concerning, where at least one of these meals surpass the consumption of a specific nutrient by 38% or more. UK adults tend to consume well over one-third of sodium(42%) and saturated fat(39%) during dinner. However, added sugar only represents a 19% during dinner and instead it is more consumed during snacks with a rate of 45%, almost half of the whole consumption of added sugars.
