Оцінка середньодобового споживання овочів та фруктів у раціоні студентської молоді

Abstract

The results evidence that 50% of students’ diets don’t correspond to the national nutritional recommendations according to the products daily intake and variety of the consumed products. 10% of respondents don’t consume vegetables and fruit, no dependence on the gender and study year established. More than 50% of the respondents consume home-made preserved vegetables and fruit. Daily evaluation of vegetable and fruit consumption reveals insufficient consumption of the products, which represents a risk factor of vitamin and microelement deficiency, polynutrient deficiency and, consequently, alimentary-dependent diseases of students’ youth. The obtained data require for individual correction of essential nutrients in the students’ dietary ratios.