daily intake of various nutrients

The Pie charts underneath represent the amount of different nutrients a normal United States citizen eats in three meals a day along with snacks. The chart is broken down in three nutrients and what amount of it is consumed in each of the meals. Most of the sodium is consumed during dinner with equal ratio consumed in breakfast and snacks which is quite healthy for an average person, followed by 29% sodium in lunch. A healthy amount of saturated fats makes it to the table in the morning feed and snacks whereas dinner carries threatening 37% of it. Lunch offers a moderate 26% of it. It has already been proven that sugar is the leading cause of obesity in the United States. An average American consumes about 42% of the total sugar in a day in snacks which is not recommended by health care professionals. Breakfast and lunch provide 16% & 19% respectively whereas dinner has a normal 23% of it.