Russian epidemiological monitoring for nutrition in the adult population

Nutrition and provision of physiological needs for energy, food, and biologically active substances is the most important factor determining human health, physical development, and active longevity. Micronutrient deficiencies in nutrition, the increasing prevalence of overweight, obesity, and other risk factors for non-communicable diseases are very relevant for Russia. To ensure an increase in life expectancy and improve the quality of life in the population, a draft Russian epidemiological monitoring for adult nutrition has been prepared.

The purpose of the study is to obtain reliable statistical information including socio-economic and behavioural factors affecting the provision of a healthy diet for the adult population, level of individual food consumption, energy, and nutritional value of the diet, features of the formation and composition of the food basket, individual nutritional status and physical development of the surveyed category of persons, the prevalence of overweight and obesity, alimentary risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCD), the relationship of the nature of nutrition and lifestyle with individual indices of health status.

In each subject of the Russian Federation participating in the study, Regional Centers (RC) for monitoring and optimizing nutrition in the population are being created, which can be created on the basis of medical, scientific or educational institutions. The Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety provides the scientific and methodological support for the implementation of the study.

Conclusion. During the study, there will be obtained data on the actual nutrition and nutritional status in the adult working-age population, which will identify the main risk factors for the development of alimentary-dependent CNCD associated with disorders of the nutritional structure of the population in the region; determine priorities for CNCD prevention measures, adjust regional policy in the field of healthy nutrition, taking into account the identified features; to substantiate the directions of development of the regional agro-industrial complex, providing for the production of specialized and enriched with essential nutrients of food products with maximum use of local bioresources and infrastructure; to substantiate and develop food rations for organized teams of various population groups, taking into account the identified regional characteristics; to develop and implement a system of multi-level targeted educational programs in the field of healthy nutrition for specialists and various groups of the region’s population as the most effective and low-cost way of health saving.

Compliance with ethical standards. The examination was approved by the local ethical committee of the Federal Research Centre of Nutrition, Biotechnology and Food Safety (Protocol No. 7 dated of June 06, 2023), conducted in accordance with the ethical provisions of the Helsinki Declaration and the National Standard of the Russian Federation “Good Clinical Practice (GCP)” GOST R 52379–2005.

Contribution:
Tutelyan V.A., Baturin A.K. – concept and design of the study, editing;
Smirnova E.A., Keshabyants E.E., Denisova N.N. – concept and design of research, collection of material, writing of text;
Sorokina E.Y., Korotkova T.N. – writing the text;
Nikityuk D.B. – editing.
All authors are approval of the final version of the article, responsibility for the integrity of all parts of the article.

Conflict of interests. The authors declare no conflict of interests.

Acknowledgement. The research work on the preparation of the manuscript was carried out at the expense of the state budget for the implementation of the state task on the topic of the FNI № FGMF-2022-0001.

Received: October 15, 2024 / Revised: November 1, 2024 / Accepted: December 3, 2024 / Published: December 28, 2024