title: [Supply and nutritional composition of salads in the food courts of shopping centers of Metropolitan Lima, 2014].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess supply and nutritional composition of the salads offered as an entrée main course in the food courts of the shopping centers in Lima, Peru.
  
  
  METHODS
  The menus of all food franchises present in the food courts of the eleven shopping centers of Lima were reviewed. The nutritional composition of salads offered as an entrée were calculated for calories, protein content, carbohydrates, fats, cholesterol, fiber and sodium, and the adequacy of intake for a dinner (30% of a diet of 2000 kcal).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Salads as entrées accounted for 4.7% of the supply, and only 7 out of 17 franchises offered at least one salad. The average cost of the salads was higher than the other dishes ($5.3 vs $4.7; p<0.001). The average calorie content was 329 kcal and 2.7 g fiber; in relation to a dinner, we found a high percentage of adequacy for protein (172.9%), cholesterol (121.0%), and low adequacy for calories (54.8%), carbohydrates (23.1%) and fiber (36.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The salads that are offered in food courts in the shopping centers of Lima are scarce and more expensive, have little fiber content and are high in cholesterol. Strategies should be reviewed to improve the accessibility of quality salads offered in areas where only fast food is offered.
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Marifé
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bustamante-García
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinez-Feliu
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Servan
authors.affiliation: Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, Perú
authors.forename: Percy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mayta-Tristán
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005502:Food; D006801:Humans; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010568:Peru; D012147:Restaurants; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats