Features of food preferences of schoolchildren when choosing alternative diet for prevention of alimentary-dependent diseases
The features of food preferences of schoolchildren and the role of alternative nutrition in the prevention of alimentary-dependent diseases have been revealed. Food preferences have been determined: for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Children with allergies, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and other nutritional diseases had the opportunity to choose an alternative diet, fully balanced on the days of the week, in accordance with sanitary standards and the requirements of the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare. Meeting the needs of schoolchildren for nutrients and energy during the day provides for the presence of a basic diet at school (alternative food, in case of intolerance or allergy to certain foods), a regulated range of buffets in an educational organization (additional meals) and meals at home (dinner). Correctly compiled diet during the day contributes to the prevention of alimentary-dependent diseases. The necessity of organizing alternative nutrition at school to ensure the provision of children with intolerance to certain food products by means of an equivalent substitution for products permitted by a pediatrician and a nutritionist in the diet of children with alimentary diseases, including allergies, celiac disease, etc.