The Rational Diet of Children in Family as a Factor of Population Health

Abstract

The article considers issues concerning limitation of consumption of foodstuff in families with children. It is emphasized that problem of rational diet of population has a marked social value and relates to quality and longevity of human life and human health. The practical experience demonstrates that children diet in families with lower income does not correspond to established modern medical biological standards. Frequently, the category of such households covers statistically average family with one or several children born and hence quality of life of these households drastically deteriorated. The poor and low-income population is limited in foodstuff consumption. The article presents the analysis of nutrition and energy value of diet in all types of examined families. It is emphasized that in households with one or two children the nutrition value of foodstuff is significantly lower than in households with many children. However, in families with few children diet includes high content of fats that is an important factor of development of obesity in growing generation. In families with many children the diet is characterized by lower consumption of protein, including animal one. The inadequate and "poor" type of diet results in increasing of protein-calorie deficiency шт families with many children. In households with children the diet does not correspond to standards of cost of living according food substances. Therefore, modern Russian family with more than one child, is characterized by deficiency of energy value of diet per every its member. The increasing of number of children in family significantly decreases quality of diet of its members. Accordingly, quality of diet in families with one child is higher than in families households with to and more children.