Nutrition of frequently ill preschool children in organized collectives

Abstract

Rational nutrition of preschool children is an important condition for their harmonious growth, physical and neuropsychic development, resistance to infectious diseases and resistance to adverse environmental factors. Nutrition is an essential and constantly acting factor on which the health of children depends. Frequently ill children are usually characterized by an immature type of immunological response that does not provide optimal adaptation of the child to the external environment. At the same time, the insufficiency of the regulatory mechanisms of the immune system is temporary and is closely related to violations of the morphofunctional state of a frequently ill child. An important factor in the rehabilitation of frequently ill children is the creation of optimal conditions for their growth and development, ensuring adequate maturation of organs and systems, which cannot be achieved without a rational, balanced diet.