The pie charts show the average consumption of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar per meal. All three categories of nutrients may be harmful to health if overconsumed.
Overall, while the intake of sodium and saturated fat is higher at dinner than at any other meal, added sugar is eaten most in snacks.
Sodium consumption is highest at dinner and second highest at lunch, making up 43% and 29% of total sodium consumption, respectively. The proportions of this type of nutrient taken in at snack time and breakfast are the same, both at 14%. Dinner and lunch also account for the largest and second-largest proportions of total saturated fat intake, respectively, at 37% and 26%. However, a greater proportion is eaten at snack time, at 21%, than at breakfast, at 16%.
Compared with the other two nutrients, added sugar has a relatively low consumption level at dinner, at 23%. It is snacks that are the greatest source of sugar intake, at 42%. However, like the other nutrients, it is also consumed least at breakfast, at only 16%.
