NEW VITAMIN AND MINERAL COMPLEX FOR CHILDREN

The article is devoted to an important matter of pediatrics — hypovitaminosis prevention among children. The author generally provided for the functions of vitamins in ensuring the normal vital functions of the organism, as well as described the properties of certain vitamins and microelements, their uniqueness and irreplaceability. Therefore, considering great troubles in ensuring the optimal contents of these substances in the ration, the author showed the necessity of the preventive prescription of the vitamin and mineral complexes. Besides, their application is expedient during the period of recovery from acute infectious diseases and in the comprehensive therapy of the chronic somatic diseases. The author points out to the necessity to choose the dosage form of a vitamin and mineral complex with due regard for the daily requirement for the vitamins and minerals among children from different age groups.Key words: vitamins, microelements, hypovitaminosis, prevention, children.