The charts below show the average percentages in typical meals of three types of nutrients, all of which may be unhealthy if eaten too much.

The pie charts illustrate the average portions of

sodium

, saturated fat and added

sugar

in

breakfast

,

lunch

, dinner and

snacks

consumed by people in the USA and they may be harmful if the intake is

excess

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Overall

, the

sodium

and saturated fat content is high in dinners and added

sugar

is more in

snacks

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items.

Moreover

, the smallest

sodium

content is present in

breakfast

and

snacks

,

while

saturated fats and added

sugar

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breakfast

. The

sodium

percentage in dinners

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43%, which is the highest and by eating

lunch

it is 29%.

However

, the combined

percent

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of

sodium

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consumed through

breakfast

and

snacks

accounts for about 28%.

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saturated fat consumption is 37% by dinner and 16% through

breakfast

.

However

, by eating

lunch

and

snacks

, people are swallowing a total of 37% of saturated fat.

Finally

, by ingesting

snacks

people are taking in 42% of added

sugar

and 23% of it is swallowed by having dinner.

Whereas

, through

breakfast

and

lunch

humans are gobbling 16% and 19% of added

sugar

respectively.