The chart below show what percentage of their daily intake of various nutrients the average person in the USA consumes in each meal and in snacks.
The chart below show what percentage of their daily intake of various nutrients the average person in the USA consumes in each meal and in snacks. oRR29
The three pie chart illustrates the amount of Sodium, Saturated fat, and sugar an average person in the USA consumes through different meals and snacks in a day.
Overall, the maximum amount of Sodium and saturated fat is taken in the body through dinner, while snacks have most of the added sugar. The same proportion of Sodium is present in both breakfast and snack.
Looking at the chart of Sodium, it is clear that a person gets the lowest of it from breakfast and snacks ( 14%), intermediary from lunch (29%), and mainly from dinner (43%). An average person gains 37% of saturated fat while having dinner, 26% in lunch, 21% through snacks, and the least in breakfast.
Unlike others, 42% of added sugar is present in snacks, and 23% is in dinner. Lunch and breakfast have 19 percent and 16 percent of added sugar, respectively.
The three pie chart illustrates the amount of Sodium, Saturated
fat
, and
sugar
an average person in the USA consumes through
different
meals and
snacks
in a day.
Overall
, the maximum amount of Sodium and saturated
fat
is taken
in the body through
dinner
, while
snacks
have most of the
added
sugar
. The same proportion of Sodium is present in both breakfast and snack.
Looking at the chart of Sodium, it is
clear
that a person
gets
the lowest of it from breakfast and
snacks
(
14%), intermediary from lunch (29%), and
mainly
from
dinner
(43%). An average person gains 37% of saturated
fat
while having
dinner
, 26% in lunch, 21% through
snacks
, and the least in breakfast.
Unlike others, 42% of
added
sugar
is present in
snacks
, and 23% is in
dinner
. Lunch and breakfast have 19 percent and 16 percent of
added
sugar
,
respectively
.