The given pie charts provide information on the average percentage of three types of nutrients, which are unhealthy if eaten too much in the regular meals in the USA.
Overall, the majority of sodium and saturated fat is added to dinner food, while most sugar is added to snacks. By contrast, these three substances are used the least in breakfast.
Regarding dinner, sodium is preferred the most in these meals with 43%, which is far higher than that of breakfast, lunch, and snack meals, at 14%, 29%, and 14%, respectively. Similarly, these meals contain 37% of saturated fat, which is significantly higher than breakfast (16%), lunch (26%), and snacks (21%).
When it comes to snack meals, the proportion of sugar added to food is 42% and dominates the chart, while the figure for breakfast is only 16%. Similarly, the portions of sugar used in lunch and dinner are 19% and 23%, respectively, which are nearly one-half that of snacks.
