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Keyword: «eating behavior»

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Nutrition is an essential component of students' health. Recently, there has been a steady trend of deterioration in the nutrition structure of students in Russia, that is confirmed by numerous publications on this topic. The paper presents an analytical review of various researches devoted to the public catering of students. Some recommendations on the improvement of university catering organization are formulated.
The article is devoted to the determination of nutrition stereotypes of students of pediatric, medical and dental faculties of the Smolensk State Medical University to create preventive measures and improve these indicators during the examination session. The study suggests that the exam session as a stressful life event has a "damaging" effect on students. The revealed peculiarities of eating behavior and its disorders can be the cause of the formation of various diseases already in the process of studying at a university, and also serve as a risk factor for overweight and obesity in the future. This, of course, should be the basis for the development and implementation of appropriate hygiene measures adapted to the conditions of higher education.
The article examines some modern aspects of the eating behavior of overweight children and adolescents, theoretically confirms the feasibility of the coordinated application of methods of educating their eating behavior in the framework of regular and extracurricular activities.
The article considers eating disorders in adolescents as one of the problems of modern society. The authors determine the relevance of the problem under study, describe the variants of eating disorders that are most characteristic of adolescents, identify the main factors and causes of the formation of eating disorders, signs of eating disorders in adolescents, and give recommendations for adolescents and their parents on the prevention of eating disorders.