STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF BALANCED NUTRITION OF POPULATION IN RUSSIA
Abstract
This paper investigates the problem of balanced nutrition as basis of the health status of the population and an important component of ensuring the country’s food security in terms of achieving norms of rational food consumption. Based on the data of Budgetary household surveys conducted by Rosstat in 1992-2014 the dynamics of the structure of household’s consumption of basic food products, as well as the energy and nutritional value of rations was analyzed. Since the 1990s the structure of population nutrition has undergone significant changes. However, to date, the consumption rate of fruits, vegetables, dairy products, eggs, recommended by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, have not been achieved. At the same time, norms of sugar and fat consumption are significantly exceeded. The existing diet of Russians increases the risk of developing non-infectious diseases (cardiovascular diseases, oncology, etc.), which are the main causes of death in the Russian Federation.
Using the data of selective observation of the population’s diet in 2013, the determinants of the irrational structure of the population’s nutrition were studied at the micro level. On the basis of logit models, the factors and quantitative estimates of their influence on exceeding the norms of sugar, fat consumption, inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables were determined. Indicators of age, gender, marital status, type of settlement, level of education, number of children in the household and financial position were marked as significant determinants. Respondents of over 60 years old, as well as large families have a high probability of inadequate levels of consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Based on these findings, practical recommendations for improving the diet of the population were proposed. This analysis and the methodology used will contribute to the development of a monitoring system for the implementation of the national project «Health and the Doctrine of Food Security of the Russian Federation in the context of achieving rational norms of the food consumption.
About the Authors
L. A. RodionovaRussian Federation
Moscow
E. D. Kopnova
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Rodionova L.A., Kopnova E.D. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF BALANCED NUTRITION OF POPULATION IN RUSSIA. Voprosy statistiki. 2017;(7):28-40. (In Russ.)