The pie chart demonstrates the average percentage of three ingredients, sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar in Americans’ everyday meals, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks.
It is said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and such belief can be observed in the charts given. Breakfast contain the least sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar among all meals, with only 14%, 16%, and 16% respectively.
In contrast, lunch contains almost double the percentage of sodium and 10% more in saturated fat, while the increase of added sugar is relatively mild. The result is not at all surprising, as people often opt for slightly heavier food later in the day and prefer light meals in the morning.
Dinner, however, showcases the potential problematic eating habits of Americans. This meal is excessive in sodium and saturated fat, which will in the long term have detrimental effect on human bodies. Last but not least, the amount of added sugar in snacks is also extremely concerning, as added sugar is highly addictive and does far more harm than good to our health.
To sum up, the charts provide us information about Americans’ food choices in different meals, as well as shed lights on what should be cautious of and improved.