The Relationship between Amount of Vegetables and Energy,Percentage Energy from Fat,and Sodium Chloride Equivalent in the Boxed Meals Soled in the Convenience Stores

摘要

The objectives of this study were to assess weights of food staffs of the boxed meals soled in the convenience stores, and to analyze the relationships between amount of vegetables and energy, percentage energy from fat, and sodium chloride equivalent in the boxed meals. We bought 31 boxed meals “Makunouchi ” with rice and main dish from 11:30 to 12:30 at 4 convenience stores with different company in North ward, Niigata city, Japan, and weighed each food staffs and analyzed 30 of them. Mean （±SD） amount of vegetables in boxed meals was 17.5±11.9 g. Amount of vegetables was negatively correlated with amount of energy （r＝－0.432, p＝0.017）, and percentage energy from fat （r＝－0.380, p＝0.038）. Although, no significant correlation was found between amount of vegetables and sodium chloride equivalent（ r＝－00.97, p＝06. 09）. One of the reasons of these negative correlations between amount of vegetables and energy or percentage energy from fat in boxed meals will be less energy and fat contents of vegetables.