N.V. Bolotova1, A.A. Skalny2, N.Yu. Filina1, K.A. Cherednikova1,
M.S. Kurdiyan1, O.A. Logacheva1, I.A. Bochkarev1,
E.E. Cuhushina1
1Saratov State Medical
University named after V.I. Razumovsky
Ministry of Health of Russia,
st. Bolshaya Cossack, 112, Saratov, 410012, Russian Federation
2Peoples' Friendship
University of Russia,
Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular
Medicine,
Miklukho-Maklaya str. 6, Moscow, 117198, Russian Federation
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ABSTRACT. In modern dietology and nutrition of childhood, a special role is given
to the study of deviations in elemental homeostasis as one of the etiological
factors of nutritional status disorders in children and adolescents. A high
percentage of the prevalence of eating disorders in the child population
dictates the need to study the microelement composition as one of the
predisposing factors for metabolic disorders. The purpose of this work was to
assess the features of the mineralogram in children with different nutritional
status. A total of 60 children (boys, girls) aged from 8 to 15 years were
examined: of them, group 1 included 20 children with excess body weight, group
2 – 20 children with underweight, control group group – 20 children with normal
body weight and minor functional health disorders. In the course of the study, the spectrum of
microelementoses in overweight and underweight children was assessed, the data
obtained were correlated with the mineralogram data of healthy children of the same age and gender. According to the results of the examination in the group of children
with obesity, essential polydeficiencies were obtained in terms of the level of
iodine, potassium and manganese. In patients with protein-energy deficiency,
there was a deficiency of iodine, potassium, sodium and manganese, as well as a
high degree of accumulation of toxic elements: aluminum, barium and gallium.
Patients in the comparison group had a similar spectrum of essential
micronutrient deficiencies, however, the degree of deficiency was slightly
lower than in patients with impaired nutritional status.
KEYWORDS: trace
elements, mineralogram, obesity, malnutrition, children, adolescents.