[The prevalence of overweight and obesity in moscow pregnant women and principles of alimentary correction of these conditions].

The aim was to study the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Moscow pregnant women, as well as to conduct a comparative study of normal and excessive women`s body weight influence on the course and outcome of pregnancy and delivery, anthropometric indices and state of newborn`s health, to assess women's dietary intake and to develop approaches to nutritional correction of overweight and obesity in pregnant women. The prevalence of overweight and obesity among pregnant women in Moscow in 2009-2011 was 8.3% of the total number of pregnant women observed.

[The history of the development of the children nutritiology at the Institute of Nutrition of RAMS].

The history of infant and child nutrition department of the Institute of Nutrition of RAMS is briefly reviewed. The most important results of scientific investigations performed at the department from 1930 year till present time as well as methodical materials prepared by department specialists and serving as basis of official Ministry of Health recommendations and rules of infant and child nutrition, are discussed. Special attention is drawn to the problem of infant nutrition.

[Various factors leading to development of food allergies during breast feeding].

As many as 50 lactating mothers and their children on breast feeding were placed under observation. A study was made of risk factors and criteria for predicting the development of food allergy in children. The risk group was distinguished on the basis of the presence in children of hereditary predisposition and the IgE level in the funic blood if it exceeded 0.