Abstract
The aim of the work was to form ideas about rational nutrition as an element of ecological education of students by studying and discussing their eating behavior in relation to foods rich in vitamin D using quantitative descriptor-profile analysis. Quantitative descriptor-profile analysis showed that the “poorest” profiles have foods with the highest vitamin D. Thus, foods with a high vitamin D content do not fall into the circle of students’ dietary preferences. The results of the survey showed that the most frequently consumed foods for young people are fried potatoes, pizza, dumplings and cheese. Products such as cheese, butter, artificial red caviar, mushrooms (chanterelles) can be successfully used as a base for fortification with vitamin D, since they are positively perceived by students and affordable. It was shown that cheese is the only product that, when surveyed by 59 young people, was included both in the list of 5 most favorite and frequently consumed foods, and was selected from the list of 22 foods offered to the respondents containing significant amounts of vitamin D. The research carried out is the basis for forming students’ understanding of the importance of a balanced diet in the context of environmental education.
Highlights
Nutrition for young people and children is an important issue that requires the attention of the state and family
A retrospective study conducted in 20 European countries showed that there was a significant correlation between average vitamin D levels and cases of COVID-19 [11]
Studies conducted at the University of Chicago and Switzerland showed that the incidence of COVID-19 was higher in the group of patients with vitamin D deficiency than in the group with adequate levels of vitamin D [12,13]
Summary
Nutrition for young people and children is an important issue that requires the attention of the state and family. A difficult problem for many countries around the world are the socalled "diseases of civilization", one of the causes of which is the lack of important nutrients in the diet. This fact fully applies to nutrients such as vitamins. The association of the severity and mortality rate from COVID-19 with vitamin D status was noted in [5, 6, 14, 15] It was shown in [15] that treating severe vitamin D deficiency reduces the risk of high levels of C-reactive protein (CRP levels) in the body. It has been suggested that this may be due to the fact that vitamin D is mainly formed under the influence of sunlight, and many European countries are located in latitudes where synthesis under the influence of sunlight is difficult
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