The pie charts show the proportions of three potentially unhealthy substances, sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar, in four everyday meals in the US. Overall, lunch and breakfast show a balanced distribution of unhealthy substances, making them less harmful to health, whereas dinner is most harmful because of the substantial amount of sodium and saturated fat, followed by snacks due to their high amount of sugar.
Lunch comprises 29% and 26% sodium and fat, respectively, and the figure for added sugar is slightly lower. Similarly, the figure for each substance is about 16% in breakfast, making it as healthy as lunch, as there is no excessive amount of the listed unhealthy substances.
By contrast, the information reported for dinner is most notable. The most significant record in the data is for sodium, at 43%, making this meal the unhealthiest. This rate was followed by saturated fat by a margin of 6%. Added sugar, in contrast, accounted for only 23%, making dinner less unhealthy. Similarly, snacks might be as harmful as they comprise a massive 42% added sugar, but saturated fat is half as significant, with the least sodium at 14%.
