The pie charts enumerate the average consumption of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar in typical meals that were consumed by people in USA. Overall, while the intake of sodium and saturated fat is higher at dinner than at other meals, added sugar is consumed most in snacks.
Sodium consumption is the highest at dinner and second highest at lunch, making up 43% and 29% of sodium consumption respectively. However, the proportion of sodium that taken in at snack time and breakfast are equal, both at 14%. As with sodium, saturated fat is also become the greatest proportion at dinner and second highest at lunch, at 37% and 26% of saturated fat consumption. However, the consumption of saturated fat that is consumed at snack time is greater, at 21%, than at breakfast, at 16%
Compared with the other two nutrients , the consumption of added sugar is leaded at snack time, at 42%, and has low consumption level at dinner and lunch, at 23% and 19%. However, like the other nutrients, it is also consumed less at breakfast, at only 16%.
