OCENA WARTOŚCI ENERGETYCZNEJ I ODŻYWCZEJ POSIŁKÓW W WYBRANYM PRZEDSZKOLU WE WROCŁAWIU.

An adequately balanced daily food rations providing the organism with a sufficient amount of energy and nutrients, is particularly important in early childhood due to the child's intensive physical and intellectual development. Kindergarten's meals should realise 75% of recommended daily allowances. The aim of this study was the energetic and nutritional evaluation of meals served in the chosen kindergarten in Wrocław based on theoretical analysis of the menus using the Dietician 2 computer program. Energetic value, content of basic nutrients (protein, fats and carbohydrates), anti-oxidative vitamins (A and C) and selected mineral ingredients (Ca and Fe) was calculated for forty kindergarten menus of four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The average caloric value of a food rations was at a correct level in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Exceeds standards in autumn. It has been shown that children diet is marked by a low content of calcium in spring and summer. Excessice consumption was found for vitamins A and C and iron. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]