The pie charts illustrate the average percentage of three different categories of nutrients, sodium, saturated fat and added sugar, in breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, consumed in the USA.
Overall, breakfast contains least of all nutrients. Both sodium and saturated fat show a similar pattern, which is supplied mainly by dinner and secondly by lunch. In contrast, snacks is the main way for American people to get added sugar, while dinner only accounts for the second large share.
In terms of sodium and saturated fat, the highest proportion is recorded in dinner, which is 43% and 37%, respectively, followed by lunch, which is 29% and 26%. Breakfast contains the smallest parts, which are 14% of sodium and 16% of saturated fat. Snacks supplies the same proportion of sodium, and 7% higher of saturated fat.
Regarding the added sugar, more than 40% of it comes from snacks, and dinner accounts for 23%. Lunch and breakfast contributes 19% and 16% respectively.
