The use of vitamin supplements among adults in Warsaw: is there any nutritional benefit?

Background: The use of dietary supplements is widespread and can contribute substantially to total nutrient intake. However, it also generates some potential risks in the case of unreasonable and excessive use of such products.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of supplementation and the vitamin supplement contribution to total intake among Warsaw population aged 20-74 years.

[Nutritional guidelines for healthy children aged 1-3 years - Polish Expert Group statement. Part I- energy and nutritional components demand].

Updating of the nutritional guidelines for the Polish population requires updates of the nutritional norms for children. We present the Polish Expert Group statement (2012) on intake of selected nutrients (protein, lipids, carbohydrates, vitamin D and E) essential in nutrition of children aged 1-3 years. For this purpose the Expert Group reviewed available scientific data: the recent guidelines, nutritional norms and recommendations, systematic reviews and expert opinions as well as original publications, in relation to the specific requirements of the Polish population.

[Contents of calcium and phosphorus in the diet of youth from Warsaw elementary schools].

The purpose of this study was an assessment average daily intake of calcium and phosphorus by prepubertal adolescents (aged 11 and 12) during monitoring their diets in last 10 years. In 1989-1999 years, it was investigated 767 randomly selected girls and 817 boys, aged 11 and 12 in Warsaw. Information on dietary intake was obtained by 24-hour recall method, always spring, having representation of weekdays and weekends.

[Role of nutrition in development of chronic alcoholic pancreatitis].

The diet of 45 men with alcoholic chronic pancreatitis in the period before the onset of the symptoms of the disease was studied. The dietary history was used as a tool in research of the dietary data. The diet of studied group was compared with the diet of 23 alcoholics without the symptoms of pancreatic injury and with the diet of 30 healthy men with similar age and social status.