Assessing schoolchildren's ability to make proper use of a food and nutrition pyramid.

Background: Being acquainted with nutritional recommendations does not necessarily imply that they are fully understood, nor on how they can be applied when correctly planning an adequate diet.

Objective: To determine whether children can recognise single portion sizes of various foodstuffs and to test their ability for planning a daily menu in accordance to the guidelines from a Food and Nutrition Pyramid.

Material And Methods: Subjects under survey were n = 100 children aged 10-11 years, attending two elementary schools: in Warsaw and Piaseczno.

[Food patterns of youth from gymnasium and lyceum].

Background: Children and adolescents are the most vulnerable for the impact of improper nutrition. The mode of nutrition is one of the factor influencing the proper development and growth of young organism and the maintenance of good health until advanced old age.

Objective: The food pattern of youth from selected Warsaw gymnasium and lyceum was evaluated.

[Level of knowledge on food and nutrition among groups of pupils of the last class of secondary schools].

Background: Common nutritional faults affect health of many Poles. Health state of Poles is worse than most of Europeans and is not improving. Nutritional behaviors of young people are caused by limited nutritional knowledge learned during consecutive stages of school education.