Goal of the study is to identify the trends and characteristics of the formation of food security in the territory of Ukraine. In the article the essential meaning of food security, described the key indicators which are offered which make advisable to assess the level of food security. Indicators of food security of Ukraine are determined according to the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 05.12.2007 № 1379 “Some questions of food security,” which defined level of indicator sufficiency of food consumption, represented regions with the incision consumption of main types of food in 2012, made calculation the dependence on imports of food groups. The main factors that affect the state of the agro-industrial sector and the level of food security in Ukraine are determined. It is concluded that the Concept of food security should cover satisfaction the physiological needs of the population in a protected, multifunctional, high quality food products in accordance to the medical advice, environmental conditions and individual human condition.

The article is concerned with the current state of nutrition of low birth weight infants. Anatomo-physiological features of digestive system of heterogeneous cohort of low birth weight infants are given. The article presents the description of metabolism of basic food ingredients in neonatal age. The analysis of efficiency of modern methods of enteral and parenteral nutrition of newborns with morphofunctional immaturity has been carried out. The necessity of complex programming of specific nutrition schemes for low birth weight infants of different weight categories has been proved in the work. The method of complex programming will guarantee safe survival of low birth weight infants.
Kadymova I.I., Bochkova L.G. Nutrition of low birth weight infants // Saratov Journal of Medical Scientific Research, Vol. 9, Issue 4, 2013, pp. 720-725