Your Answer ▼ The charts show daily dietary information of the average person in the USA, which include the proportion of intake of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar.
Overall, it is clear that the average Americans have the most intake of sodium and suaturated fat in dinner. Wheareas, the least percentage of all nutrients in question is consumed while having breakfast.
Looking at the charts more closely, one can see that the percentage of the intake of soduim of dinner account for 43% among every meals and snacks. The percentage of soduim's intake in lunch is almost the same with the intake of the nutirent in breakfast and snacks combined at 29%. Meanwhile, satured fat is ingested highly in dinner, making up 37%. The percentage of the intake of the nutrient are slighlty over 20% in lunch and snacks each. The intake of saturated fat and added sugar have the same portion in breakfast, accounting for 16%. In regarding with added sugar, the average person in the USA has 42% of the total amount of the daily intake in snacks. Therfore, 16%, 19%, 23% of the total intake of added sugar of a day is consumed in breakfast, lunch, and dinner respectively. |