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The given pie graphs demonstrate the proportions of sodium, saturated fat, and added sugar in an ordinary American’s everyday breakfast, lunch, dinner, and refreshments. Overconsumption of these substances is deemed unwholesome.


In general, breakfast seems to be the healthiest repast for Americans, and dinner seems to be the unhealthiest one.


To begin with, the American breakfast contains 14% of sodium and 16% of either of saturated fat and added sugar. By their proportions of sodium (14%) and saturated fat (approximately one-fifth), snacks seem safe to eat. Nonetheless, the share of added sugar, at 42%, makes them appear hazardous to health.


Subsequently, between 25% and 30% of the day-to-day consumption of sodium and saturated fat takes place in lunch. In this meal, the added sugar part is a little less than a fifth. Most sodium (43%) and saturated fat (a little more than a third) are consumed at dinner, with the added sugar share approaching a quarter.