[Knowledge and practice of dietary salt usage].

Aim: In this study, we investigated current knowledge and practice of dietary salt usage in patients treated at Sarajevo University Hospital Center.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 300 patients were interviewed by use of a questionnaire containing 22 questions.

Results: One-member and two-member families used mainly 200 grams salt per month, three-member and bigger families used 500 grams salt monthly.

[BMI of the children attending elementary schools in Tuzla Canton].

BMI is frequently used in different studies as indicator of nutritional status. When BMI exceeds the limit values then it represents the risk factor leading to different diseases; therefore it is important to calculate BMI for young persons. In cases when BMI differs from the recommended value it is necessary to apply different measures in order to prevent diseases.

[Trends in cardiovascular diseases in Bosnia-Herzegovina and some European countries].

In the last twenty years, the European office of WHO with its expert groups designated CVD as a problem of top priority in European health policy. The documents of WHO related to CVD, and their directives to member countries, are illustrated in this paper. The authors emphasize that according to available data, CVDs are cause of 40% of total mortality among the European population above the age of 75.