[Actual nutrition study and body weight indices of metallurgical industry workers]. / Izuchenie fakticheskogo pitaniia i pokazateli massy tela u rabochikh metallurgicheskoi promyshlennosti.

The diet specificity was studied in 335 male workers engaged in blast-furnace and open hearth plants, rail-structural, oxygen converter and sheet-rolling mills of the steel plant. The energy value of the diets under study amounted to 3746-4091 kcal a day, with the mean value being equal to 3947 kcal. The content of proteins including those of animal origin and the content of mineral substances corresponded with health recommendations. The content of carbohydrates and vitamins was slightly less as compared to that according to the recommended physiological requirements. The diet was abundant in fats, particularly in those of animal origin. Overweight was recorded in 18.9% and obesity in 5.8% of the workers.

[Hygienic basis for rational nutrition in student constuction brigades in the Ukrainian SSR]. / Gigienicheskoe obosnovanie ratsional'nogo pitaniia v studencheskikh stroitel'nykh otriadakh Ukrainskoi SSR.

Energy losses were studied in 60 male students aged from 18 to 25 years, who worked at the construction sites during the summer. The daily energy losses averaged 4084 kcal for brick-layers, 4314 kcal for concrete workers, 4356 kcal for carpenters, and 4517 kcal for auxiliary workers. Recommendations were made for average daily requirements of students from construction teams for principal food products and energy as well as for an average daily diet. The diets were developed with due regard for energy and food supply of students and for food balancing. These diets also provide for four-time meal regimen, specificity of nutrition organization at students' teams as well as climatic and geographical features of the Ukrainian SSR.