[Analysis of the diet and food structure of the daily diet of children aged 3-17 years in the Russian Federation].

A healthy diet is a necessary condition for the normal physical and mental development of children, which has a significant impact on the ability to withstand the effects of adverse environmental factors and determines the health of future generations. Healthy nutrition of children and adolescents is important not only for the normal physical and mental development of the child, but also as a factor determining the health of future generations. It is important for the preservation of the child's health to have a proper diet, that is, the distribution of the amount of food during the day (the multiplicity of meals), its energy value, chemical composition, food set for individual meals, a certain time of intake and the duration of intervals between meals.

[Prevalence of overweight and obesity in children].

The growing prevalence of overweight and obesity is an urgent problem not only in adults but also in children in both developed and developing countries. of this study was to analyze the prevalence of overweight and obesity and other forms of nutritional disorders in Russian children. .

[The study of the informativeness and reliability of the healthy eating index for assessing of dietary peculiarity and eating behavior of Russian population].

For the integral assessment of diet, tools have been proposed, called nutritional quality indices, and, as separate options, healthy eating indices (HEI), which assess diets in relation to compliance with existing national recommendations for healthy eating for the population. of this work was to investigate the suitability and reliability of the developed baseline HEI for assessing the nature of the diet, modifications of the diet and eating behavior of the population. .

[The prevalence of obesity in various socio-demographic groups of the population of Russia].

The growing prevalence of overweight and obesity has been recognized by WHO as a global obesity pandemic worldwide. The spread of overweight and obesity is also an urgent problem for Russia. of this study was to analyze the nutritional status of the Russian adult population and the prevalence of overweight and obesity depending on a number of socio-demographic factors and family income.

[Development and assessment of the reliability of the basic healthy eating index for the Russian population].

The conventional presentation of data on the actual average daily consumption of energy, nutrients, food products, as well as critically important risk factors complicates a holistic dietary assessment, consisting of at least a dozen indicators only for nutrients. of the study was to develop a healthy eating index (HEI), based on epidemiological data on the actual nutrition of the Russian population and the criteria and principles of healthy nutrition adopted in the country. .