Nutrients of typical meals
Nutrients of typical meals aww6Y
Three pie charts, labelled sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar, show the percentage of that nutrient consumed in each of four meals in a typical day. This data is from the average American diet which consists of breakfast, lunch, dinner, and in-between meal snacks.
Overall, Americans get most of their daily intake of saturated fat and sodium in the evening meal. They get their greatest proportion of added sugars from snacks. Breakfast, which contains moderate amounts of these unhealthy nutrients, is the healthiest meal.
In the first pie chart, sodium, dinner has the largest fraction of daily consumption at 43%, followed by lunch with 29%. A similar pattern is seen in the second pie chart (saturated fat) with dinner having the largest proportion (37%) followed by lunch (26%). However these charts show considerable differences in the percentage intake for two meals, snacks (21% of saturated fats compared to 14% of sodium ) and breakfast (16% and 14%, respectively). The third chart, added sugars, shows a markedly different pattern, with nearly half (42%) in snacks, and the rest rather evenly distributed over dinner, lunch and breakfast, 23%, 19% and 16% respectively.
Three pie
charts
, labelled sodium,
saturated
fat
, and
added
sugar,
show
the percentage of that nutrient consumed in each of four
meals
in a typical day. This data is from the average American diet which consists of
breakfast
, lunch,
dinner
, and in-between
meal
snacks.
Overall
, Americans
get
most of their daily intake of
saturated
fat
and sodium in the evening
meal
. They
get
their greatest proportion of
added
sugars from snacks.
Breakfast
, which contains moderate amounts of these unhealthy nutrients, is the healthiest meal.
In the
first
pie
chart
, sodium,
dinner
has the largest fraction of daily consumption at 43%, followed by lunch with 29%. A similar pattern is
seen
in the second pie
chart
(saturated
fat)
with
dinner
having the largest proportion (37%) followed by lunch (26%).
However
these
charts
show
considerable differences in the percentage intake for two
meals
, snacks (21% of
saturated
fats
compared to 14% of sodium
)
and
breakfast
(16% and 14%,
respectively
). The third
chart
,
added
sugars,
shows
a
markedly
different
pattern, with
nearly
half (42%) in snacks, and the rest
rather
evenly
distributed over
dinner
, lunch and
breakfast
, 23%, 19% and 16%
respectively
.