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.

1The pie charts compare 2fourfore 3categoriescatrgrories of meals and snacks that 4an average American consumesAmerican average consumed the three kinds of nutrients, which may be unhealthy if overeaten.

65OverallOverview, it is noticeable that dinner 7accounts for the main share ofaccounts the mainly part of sodium and saturated fat, while people are more likely to consume added sugar in snacks. Also, lunch takes the second highest proportions in 4 kinds of meals and snacks, and 8all three nutrients are consumed in similar proportions at breakfast3 nutrients consumed similar in breakfast.

For sodium and saturated fat, people take 43% and 37% 9respectivelyrepectively in dinner, 10ranking highestranging the highest position in both, while the equivalent figure for added sugar is 42% consumed in snacks. By contrast, added 11sugarsuger consumed in dinner 12accounts for 23%account 23% of whole amount.

Meanwhile, breakfast 14accounts for moderate proportionstakes average proportions in three categories of nutrients, roughly 14%-16% of each whole amount. Furthermore, lunch 15displays a pattern quite similar toplays a characteristic as quite same as dinner. 16Accounting for a notable percentageParting a markable percentage in sodium (29%) and saturated fat (26%), the 17consumptionconsumpsion in lunch only 18accounts for only 19% of added sugaraccounts 19% in added sugar.