FORMATION OF KNOWLEDGE OF STUDENTS IN THE FIELD OF HEALTHY NUTRITION

There was implpemented the introduction of the curriculum of the educational cycle “Formation of knowledge in the field of healthy nutrition ...” (36 hours), designed for the continuous development of knowledge of minors in educational organizations, teachers to increase the motivation to eat dishes that meet the physiological needs of the organism, taking into account the household nutrition showed a high degree of efficiency such training. After completing the training cycle, the number of correct answers increased by 46%. Assessment of the quality of training of teachers and educators showed a high percentage of excellent and good answers (65.4% and 27.3% respectively). The formation of motivation for eating dishes that meet the physiological needs of the organism was noted by teachers as a “high degree of conformity of the knowledge” (69%) to the expected learning outcomes. The subject-role feeding of educational information was shown to cause positive emotional responses in 61% of preschool children and 63% of children of the primary school age and is accompanied by a favorable emotional response to food intake in the educational institutions, which contributes to the formation of healthy eating behavior.</jats:p