Introduction: Implementation of the Federal Public Health Promotion Project should raise awareness and
develop skills of healthy nutrition in children, thus contributing to disease prevention. Our objective was to evaluate
the results of pilot nutrition monitoring in school-aged children of the Sverdlovsk Region as part of the Federal Public
Health Promotion Project and the National Demography Project. Results: We established that school meals were generally satisfactory: the rations complied with physiological needs of children in terms of their nutritional value, basic
nutrients, energy, and distribution of calories by main meals. We noted differences in the cost and nutritional value
of meals and the variety of dishes and foodstuffs used between urban and rural areas. As a rule, pupils have one or
two school meals a day. Outside of school, their consumption of dairy products and fruit is limited. Conclusions: Our
findings may promote the elaboration of municipal programs aimed, inter alia, at changing the amount of sugar and
salt used in the manufacture of public catering products, the cost of dishes with a high content of sugar, saturated fats,
and salt, and subsidies on healthy nutrition.
Educational institution as a health promotion center for students (based on the results of the international project 'Health behavior in school-aged children (HBSC)')
