[A method of assessing actual nutrition of organized collectives based on mathematical modelling].

Subjects completely adapted to a complex of factors of their working and natural environment, besides a stable emotional sphere and physical working capacity, develop a certain stereotype of food consumption, that objectively determines relatively constant levels of this or that component in the ration they receive. The authors have developed a method of mathematical modelling of the expected consumption of food substances basing on the calculation of the ration chemical composition according to the menu, and on the further comparing with the level of actual nutrient consumption. A step-by-step regression analysis has enabled the authors to detect significant (by F-criterion) groups of daily ration food products for actual nutrient consumption, and to present the regression models for calculation the expected consumption of mineral substances in daily rations with the use of regression equation.