FEATURES OF THE FOOD STATUS OF THE MODERN STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL

Abstract

The analysis of anthropometrical data and of students’ nutrition at University of Applied Sciences (Kaunas, Lithuania) and Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Grodno, Belarus) has been carried out; recommendations regarding organization of assessment system along with a specially designed computer programme to evaluate the actual situation of student nutrition have been provided in this paper. The programme design to analyse students’ nutritional conditions is based on of a number of indicators, including anthropometrical data, assessment of energy demand, assessment of nutritional status based on the profile of food consumption, frequency of meals consumed, an assessment of nutritional status based on the profile of nutrient consumption.