Author: Raximova, Durdona Juraqulovna; Naimova, Zaynab Sattarovna; Halimova, Salomat Asrorovna

Annotation: Child nutrition is one of the most pressing issues of all time. Many famous scientists have been working on baby food for centuries. It is unfortunate that in the modern world of technology and achievements, the artificiality of food, the loss of naturalness and indifference to her mothers. Especially among children of school age, there are cases of eating disorders, fast food, excessive consumption of food additives and pickles (chips, sugar), a large number of sweets. The children's diet lacks the minerals, vitamins and proteins necessary for their growth and development. The saddest thing is that parents do not pay attention to this situation and buy these products themselves. To date, the amount of natural products in the children's diet has sharply decreased. They are replaced by a variety of artificial drinks, sweets saturated with artificial food additives, potato chips, toasted bread, sweets.

Keywords: school-age children, nutrition, artificial food supplements, vitamins, minerals.

Pages in journal: 380 - 385