Hygienic assessment of nutritional status of medical university students in Grodno

Abstract

Introduction. The problem of the organization of rational nutrition of students is an integral part of a healthy lifestyle of young people. Aim. The purpose of the research was hygienic assessment of medical students' character of nutrition. Material & Methods. The assessment of the physical development, nutritional status, the state of the functional system of an organism in students were carried out. The research objects were 50 second-year students of the Faculties of General Medicine and Pediatrics of Grodno State Medical University. Results. It was established that the students did not use mass catering. Conclusions. The obtained results indicate the need for an individual approach to the assessment of the burden of students' workload, taking into account the level of their motor activity. The inadequate energy value of actual nutrition and unbalanced diet lead to violation of the mechanisms of adaptation and to the development of nutritional disorders among medical students, which determines the need to optimize their nutrition.