Оценка физического развития и питания детей в возрасте 1–3 лет, проживающих в г. Москве

Irrational feeding can lead to a child’s physical and intellectual development disorders, a decrease in the body’s ability to resist aggressive environmental factors.Aim: to evaluate the physical development and nutrition of children aged 1–3 years living in Moscow.Methods: 106 children aged 1–3 years were examined: group 1 (n = 59) was comprised of children aged 1–2 years, group 2 — children aged 2–3 years (n = 47). Anthropometric data was evaluated using AntroPlus (WHO software). The following Z-score figures were calculated: WAZ (body mass for age), HAZ (height for age) and BAZ (body mass index for age). Nutrition was evaluated by reproducing a 3-day food allowance (actual nutrition) using the Dietplan 6 software. Figures analyzed: the volume of consumed food, daily caloricity, the amount of consumed proteins, fats and carbohydrates.Results: for the majority (76.4%) of examined children BAZ was between -2 and +1. 20% of children had an excessive body mass and obesity (BAZ > 1). Children with an excessive body mass demonstrated exceeding volumes of food consumption (by about 200–300g. per day, p < 0.001), protein consumption by 47.5%, fat consumption — 36.7% and caloricity by 21.3% (p < 0.001) as compared with the recommended consumption norms.Conclusion: the revealed nutrition disorders in children aged 1–3 years (overeating and unbalanced diet) lead to an increased body mass and obesity. Children with high body mass indexes at birth and Z-score and BAZ at the time of the study can be attributed to the obesity risk group. The BAZ index is the most informative one in terms of evaluating the child’s nutritive status.Нерациональное питание может привести к нарушениям физического и интеллектуального развития ребенка, снижению сопротивляемости организма к агрессивным факторам внешней среды.Цель исследования: оценить физическое развитие и питание детей в возрасте 1–3 лет, проживающих в г. Москве.Методы: обследовано 106 детей в возрасте от 1 до 3 лет: I группу (n = 59) составили дети 1–2 лет, II группу — дети 2–3 лет (n = 47). Антропометрические данные оценивались с использованием программы WHO AnthroPlus: расчитывались показатели Z-score — массы тела для возраста (WAZ), длины тела для возраста (HAZ), а также индекс массы тела/возраст (BAZ). Оценка питания проводилась методом воспроизведения 3-дневного рациона (фактического питания) с использованием программы Dietplan 6. Анализировались объем съеденной пищи, суточная калорийность питания, количество потребляемых белков, жиров, углеводов.Результаты: для большинства (76,4%) обследованных детей были характерны средневозрастные показатели физического развития и нутритивного статуса (BAZ от -2 до +1). У 1/5 детей были выявлены избыточная масса тела и ожирение (BAZ > 1). При избыточной массе тела, особенно у детей 1–2 лет, было установлено превышение потребляемых объемов пищи на 200–300 г/сут, белка — на 47,5%, жира — на 36,7% и энергетической ценности — на 21,3% (p < 0,001) по сравнению с рекомендуемыми нормами потребления.Заключение: выявленные нарушения питания у детей в возрасте 1–3 лет (переедание и разбалансированный рацион) приводят к развитию у них избыточной массы тела вплоть до ожирения. Детей с высокими показателями веса при рождении и Z-score BAZ на момент исследования можно отнести к группе риска по развитию ожирения. Наиболее информативным для оценки нутритивного статуса ребенка является показатель BAZ

Evaluating the Physical Development and Nutrition of Children Aged 1–3 Living in Moscow

Irrational feeding can lead to a child’s physical and intellectual development disorders, a decrease in the body’s ability to resist aggressive environmental factors.Aim: to evaluate the physical development and nutrition of children aged 1–3 years living in Moscow.Methods: 106 children aged 1–3 years were examined: group 1 (n = 59) was comprised of children aged 1–2 years, group 2 — children aged 2–3 years (n = 47). Anthropometric data was evaluated using AntroPlus (WHO software). The following Z-score figures were calculated: WAZ (body mass for age), HAZ (height for age) and BAZ (body mass index for age). Nutrition was evaluated by reproducing a 3-day food allowance (actual nutrition) using the Dietplan 6 software. Figures analyzed: the volume of consumed food, daily caloricity, the amount of consumed proteins, fats and carbohydrates.Results: for the majority (76.4%) of examined children BAZ was between -2 and +1. 20% of children had an excessive body mass and obesity (BAZ > 1). Children with an excessive body mass demonstrated exceeding volumes of food consumption (by about 200–300g. per day, p < 0.001), protein consumption by 47.5%, fat consumption — 36.7% and caloricity by 21.3% (p < 0.001) as compared with the recommended consumption norms.Conclusion: the revealed nutrition disorders in children aged 1–3 years (overeating and unbalanced diet) lead to an increased body mass and obesity. Children with high body mass indexes at birth and Z-score and BAZ at the time of the study can be attributed to the obesity risk group. The BAZ index is the most informative one in terms of evaluating the child’s nutritive status

#ScienceForUkraine: an Initiative to Support the Ukrainian Academic Community. “3 months since Russia’s invasion in Ukraine”, February 26 – May 31, 2022

here was an immediate ad-hoc response of the international scientific community to help scholars from universities affected by Russia's war in Ukraine. Official government-backed funding programmes later allowed the ad-hoc help offers to be sustainable and stable. The #ScienceForUkraine initiative is a grass-root initiative that emerged out of the desire to help; initially created as a central database for the worldwide offers for help. Its 133 active volunteers engaged with policy-makers and funding bodies to improve support to the Ukrainian academic community. The website scienceforukraine.eu became a central and well-known hub with a general database for help listings but also extensive curated link lists for further help. There were more than 120k visits in the past three months, 12k of which are reportedly from Ukraine. #ScienceForUkraine has many active country groups that flexibly respond to needs in their geographic area. Collecting information, creating posters for border stations, mentoring, consulting on how to organise transfers, and engaging with policy makers are some of the tasks performed by members. #ScienceForUkraine is active on all major social networks to be in touch with both the Western academic community (primarily Twitter and LinkedIn) and the Ukrainian academic community (mainly Facebook and Telegram); whereas students are reached mostly via Instagram. The initiative fulfils an important function by transmitting information from one sphere to the other. #ScienceForUkraine recorded well over 2,600 support listings (one listing may be directed at several scholars). 15% of these were offered by German institutions (410), followed by French (227) and Polish (183) institutions