BASIC PROVISIONS FOR VITAMIN PROPHYLAXIS IN CHILDREN

Abstract

When using vitamin and vitamin-mineral preparations for the purpose of correcting the diets of children and adolescents, it should be taken into account that not only insufficient, but also excessive consumption of vitamins and minerals over a long period of time (primarily vitamins A, D and microelements) contributes to the disruption of metabolic processes in the body, reduces the antioxidant and immune status of the body. It negatively affects its resistance to adverse environmental factors. Therefore, to carry out additional fortification of food rations for preventive purposes, it is unacceptable to use preparations containing therapeutic doses of vitamins. The use of vitamin and vitamin-mineral preparations for children and adolescents is one of the most important conditions for ensuring their harmonious growth, timely maturation of the morphological structures and functions of various organs and tissues, optimal parameters of psychomotor and intellectual development, and the body’s resistance to infections and other unfavorable external factors. The fortified nutrition of children, as well as their health status, should be the subject of special attention of the state