title: [Current views of nutritional therapy].
abstract: Epidemiologic studies in the Research Institute of Nutrition showed that dietary patterns of the Russian population are on the whole at variance with the balanced feeding formula largely due to excessive consumption of animal fat, insufficient consumption of proteins, vitamins, micro- and macroelements, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and dietary fibers. It is estimated that over 70% of total lethality in this country is due to diseases directly related to improper feeding (the so-called alimentary-dependent diseases), cardiovascular disorders, some neoplasms, diabetes mellitus, etc. Dietary therapy adjusted to specific pathogenetic features, clinical picture, stage of the disease, character of metabolic disorders in individual patients is an important factor having versatile beneficial effects on the patient's health, correcting metabolic problems, and improving quality of life. Decree No 330 of August 5, 2003 "On measures to improve nutritional therapy in medical institutions of the Russian Federation" introduced a new nomenclature of standard diets based on chemical composition of separate foods and the previously used system of numbered diets. Modern dietary therapy includes not only standard and special diets but also specific products to be used in concrete clinical conditions, enteral and parenteral nutrition, biologically active food additives, etc.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Pogozheva
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kaganov
mesh_terms: D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D044623:Nutrition Therapy / Q000639:trends*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology