Gender and ethnic features of the food structure among residents of the Chui region of the Kyrgyz Republic
The article contains information on the eating habits of the residents of Chui Oblast, which has been obtained via international «INTEREPID» research. Gender and ethnic peculiarities of the eating habits of the observed cohort have been analyzed. The research has shown that residents of Chui oblast consume a big amount of food which contains fats, mainly milk and cream. This kind of food, which is rich in fats, is primarily eaten by male residents of Kyrgyz ethnicity. A similar pattern of nutrition is associated with the risk of nutritional - dependent diseases, including cardiovascular.