The pie charts illustrate the breakdown of typical meals of three various nutrients – sodium, saturated fat and added sugar – all of which may be not healthy as long as consumed too much.
Overall, sodium and saturated fat nutrients in daily meals recorded the highest figure at lunch after dinner, while the figures for breakfast and snacks was relatively small. It is clear that a substantial proportion of added sugar was eaten at snacks; on the other hand, breakfast represented the smallest segment.
Regarding the sodium nutrient, dinner had the largest value than others, at 43%. By contrast, launch’s share accounted for 29%, which was fifteen percentage points higher than the figures for breakfast and snacks, contributing to 14% for both of them.
In terms of the rest of the nutrients, an overwhelming proportion of added sugar was in snacks, at 42%, which was two-fold higher than the figure for saturated fat, whereas the percentage for breakfast constituted 16% for each. The share of saturated fat and added sugar in dinner stood at 37% and 23%, respectively. Meanwhile, the added sugar nutrient comprised 19% in launch, which was seven percentage points lower than the figure for saturated fat.
