PREVALENCE OF EXCESSIVE BODY WEIGHT AND OBESITY AMONG CHILDREN; ORGANIZATION OF PREVENTION OF CHILD OBESITY IN UKRAINE.

Objective - to conduct an analysis and synthesis of scientific literature on the problem of overweight and obesity in children, national and foreign scientific sources, international and national statistical databases, on recommendations of international strategic documents on prevention of obesity among children, legal acts on prevention of obesity among children in Ukraine. The analysis of international research and recommendations on the prevention of obesity in children. Methods of research: bibliosemantic, epidemiological, content analysis, conceptual modeling.