Electronic Information Resources as Means of Diagnosis of the Status of Nutrition Persons of Younger Age

Natallia Bashun, Natallia Chuhai, Anastasiya Kuchar

The objective of this paper is to find out the possibility of using electronic information resources as means of diagnosis of the status of nutrition persons of younger age.The analysis of anthropometrical and biophysical (bioimpedance) data of structure of a body and the metabolic status of student youth of University of Applied Sciences (Kaunas, Lithuania) and Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (Grodno, Belarus) is carried out, recommendations about organization of a system of assessment of a nutritional status with development of a computer program, which based on complex of indicators are developed: personal data taking into account the level of physical activity, anthropometrical data, an assessment of nutritional status on the profile of nutrient consumption, frequency of consumption. The regularity of the development of deviations from the physiological norm in the content and ratio of fatty and lean (fat-free) mass, the specific basic metabolism, extracellular and intracellular liquid of the body composition of youth with insufficient and excess body weight, depending on the level of their physical activity and nutritional status is determined. The established imbalance of the body composition indicators by the bioimpedance analysis method allows to assess the nutritional status in the youthful age for the purpose of detecting the violations of tissue hydration and lipid metabolism. The developed information resource "Analysis of a condition of nutrition" allows you to identify deviations in the nutrition of student youth on a complex of indicators and to optimize solutions of these problems. Scientific and practical recommendations on the organization of the system of assessment of the actual nutrition, including a group of indicators (somatometric: anthropometric, bioimpedance, functional, clinical) are developed. The use of modern information technology, non-invasive procedures of a research on volunteers represents an optimal balance between traditional classical techniques and modern technologies that allow to maintain the proper quality of teaching. Active participation of students in studying of the actual nutrition and determination of parameters of a body lays the foundation for the formation of their representations and habits of proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.