[Integrated assessment of the alimentary status in students of pre-recruitment age]

The aim of the study is to make an integrated hygienic assessment of the alimentary status of pre-conscripts going to various educational establishments. Two hundred and sixty seven male leavers of general educational school and lycees were followed up. Energy needs and actual nutrition were estimated by calculation methods. Their physical development was evaluated using the standard tables. The Quetle index was used to assess the nutritional status in the youths. The daily energy needs were ascertained to be 1.64 x total metabolism unit (TMU) for schoolboys and 1.84 x TMU for lycee youths. The recommended energy expenditures were 3000 and 3350 kcal/day, respectively. The actual nutrition was shown to be inadequate to meet the energy requirements in the youths and unbalancing in the major ingredients, and characterized by the carbohydrate directionality. The Quetle index in the school and lycee leavers was 20.2 and 19.8 kg/m2, respectively. Worse physical development parameters were associated not only with inadequate nutrition, but also a static component increase in the lifestyle of the present-day youths. According to the results of the integrated assessment of the youths' alimentary status, this contingent was assigned to a risk group. A package of prophylactic measures to rationalize nutrition in studying youths is recommended.