[Therapeutic and preventive diet and various indicators of health and work capacity of workers at the industrial plant "Sintez"].

Anthropometric investigations conducted have shown that 28.1% of the workers have excessive body mass. At the same time energy expenditure of workers at some departments and bays is within the range of 164 +/- 1.6-188.89 +/- 3.5 kcal/h. Natural resistance parameters (lysozyme activity, virus persistence) in the workers of the enterprise were lower than in the control group. Physical working capacity of 15% of the workers was rather low. Optimal providing of the body with ascorbic acid, thiamine and riboflavin was recorded only in 30-40% of the examined workers. Ration N 5 that was given to the workers was characterized by excessive energy value, low content of animal protein and vegetable fat deficiency; the content of simple sugars was 2-fold higher than the value recommended. The components of the ration are not sufficiently balanced, it does not meet the physiological needs of the workers.