The pictorial representation depicts the intake of various nutrients namely saturated fat, sodium, and added sugar in the average person's diet who resides in the USA. These nutrients if taken in excess can be unhealthy. From a birds-eye view, it can be seen that majority of sodium and the saturated fat intake comes from dinner, whereas snacks are the primary source of added sugar. The most striking feature to start with is the sum of saturated fat consumed in snacks and breakfast amounts to that taken in dinner. The remaining 26% comes from lunch. On the other hand, sodium consumption in snacks and breakfast is alike(14%), whereas lunch holds a share just shy of a quarter and the rest amounts to dinner. Coming to the statistics of sugar, snacks are the major source amounting to 42%, while lunch and dinner combined are equal to the snacks. The 16%left is consumed through breakfast.
The pictorial representation depicts the intake of various nutrients
namely
saturated
fat
, sodium, and
added
sugar in the average person's diet who resides in the USA. These nutrients if taken in excess can be unhealthy. From a birds-eye view, it can be
seen
that majority of sodium and the saturated
fat
intake
comes
from
dinner
, whereas
snacks
are the primary source of
added
sugar. The most striking feature to
start
with is the sum of saturated
fat
consumed in
snacks
and breakfast amounts to that taken in
dinner
. The remaining 26%
comes
from lunch.
On the other hand
, sodium consumption in
snacks
and breakfast is alike(14%), whereas lunch holds a share
just
shy of a quarter and the rest amounts to
dinner
. Coming to the statistics of sugar,
snacks
are the major source amounting to 42%, while lunch and
dinner
combined are equal to the
snacks
. The 16%
left
is consumed
through breakfast.