Irrational nutrition as population health risk factor in Irkutsk region

Insufficient and unsafe nutrition causes a lot of diseases. The article contains assessment of long-term (2006-2016) dynamics describing food products consumption by Irkutsk region population, and food substances contents in consumed food products. The author analyzed population morbidity in Irkutsk region in terms of basic alimentary-dependent diseases, groups of diseases, and specific nosologic forms, and compared it with average country and regional morbidity; she also assessed prevalence of "irrational nutrition" factor among adult population. It was deleted that there was a deficiency in basic food products consumption by Irkutsk region population; basic food products were consumed in smaller quantities than in the country on average. Taken in dynamics over 2006-2012, consumption of proteins, fats, hydrocarbons, as well as caloric value of consumed food tended to grow. But then, taken in dynamics over 2012-2016, all these parameters decreased. The author analyzed alimentary-dependent population morbidity in Irkutsk region over 2012-2016 and detected more negative trends in it in comparison with the average country levels. Morbidity with most analyzed categories and groups of diseases and specific alimentary-dependent diseases were higher in Irkutsk region than in the country on average. There were negative trends detected in dynamics of morbidity caused by such a risk factor as unhealthy nutrition (blood diseases; endocrine system diseases, including obesity; thyroid gland diseases; thyrotoxicosis; diseases related to increased blood pressure; digestive organs diseases).