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 charts give the data associated with 3 types of potentially unhealthy nutrients in typical meals

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American people.

Overall

, breakfast contains equal amounts of different nutrients, which is considered

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the smallest meal of

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day.

While

sodium

and fat are consumed the most in dinners,

sugar

holds the largest proportion in

snacks

. Looking at the chart of

sodium

, breakfast and

snacks

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similar percentages (14%). Dinner occupies the first position in

sodium

consumption, which accounts for 43%, followed by lunch (29%). For saturated fat, the smallest proportion of fat is found in breakfast which makes up 16%. Dinner is the meal when people eat the largest amount of fat, which constitutes 37%. The percentages of fat in

snacks

and lunch are nearly the same, with 21% and 26%, respectively. Turning to

sugar

, it is different compared to

sodium

and saturated fat.

Sugar

adds the most

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snacks

(42%). The

second

position in

sugar

consumed belongs to dinner, which is almost a quarter. The remaining meals record relatively similar proportions, which range from 16% to 19%.