Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»1421Научная статьяCHARACTERISTICS OF DIET OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN THE SPORT AT THE AGE OF 40 YEARS AND OLDERCherkasovS. N-GrigorievG. Ycasper4242@mail.ruFedyaevaA. V-National research institute for Public Health1512201919710508042022Copyright © 2019,2019The characteristics of nutrition of persons involved in sports at the age of 40 years and older are investigated. Data on the characteristics of nutrition were obtained by questioning athletes aged 40 years and older, performing at competitions in athletics at distances of 10 kilometers or more. Only 1800 distributed questionnaires, collected the completed questionnaires 1649. As the characteristics of nutrition, the following were studied: the presence or absence of adherence to any diet, the frequency of meals, the regularity of eating, the nature of the food, the characteristics of the diet in each of the meals, the importance of the quality of food consumed, as well as the presence of the fact of the use of flour, sweet and carbonated sweet drinks. The study showed that a minority of respondents observed a strict diet, most did not adhere to any principles of organization of their food. The most acceptable form of behavior is considered to be frequent meals (three or more times), but the strong influence of the current situation, which forces to build a more flexible diet, as it was not always possible to eat at the same time, and the largest amount of food regardless of gender accounted for the middle of the day and its second half. Very often, especially women allow small amounts of food between her main meals. Respondents try to monitor their diet and try to exclude from the use of fried/smoked/fatty/spicy food and much less often ignore the quality of food consumed, consciously limiting themselves to the use of sweet and flour products and virtually excluding the use of sweet carbonated drinks.physical activityolder generationlifestylesocial and hygienic characteristicsфизическая активностьстаршее поколениеобраз жизнисоциально-гигиенические характеристики1.Хабриев Р.У., Линденбратен А.Л., Комаров Ю.М. Стратегии охраны здоровья населения как основа социальной политики государства // Проблемы социальной гигиены, здравоохранения и истории медицины. 2014. № 3. С. 3-5.2.Постановление Правительства РФ от 15 апреля 2014 г. N 294 "Об утверждении государственной программы Российской Федерации "Развитие здравоохранения" http://base.garant.rU/70643470/#help#ixzz3qZB9lsF93.Григорьев Г.Ю., Черкасов С.Н. Бег на длинные дистанции как перспективная здоровье сберегающая технология / Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2015. № 4-5. С. 89-96.4.Черкасов С.Н., Абрамова О.В., Сопова И.Л. Физическая активность как фактор, определяющий уровень адаптационных возможностей организма // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2015. № 2. С. 224-227