[Nutrition of Russian population, 1989-1993]

The paper presents data on the intake of foodstuffs, nutrients and energy obtained at investigation of family expenditures in Russian Federation in 1989-1993, natural nutritional and adult population studies in the Bryansk, Tula and Sverdlovsk regions in 1992. It is shown that the population's diet includes excess quantities of fat, animal in particular, cholesterol, low quantities of vitamins, food fibers. Overweight remains to be a topical problem for adult population of the Russian Federation.