Biochemical methods for evaluating the nutritional status of children

As the total system of the children's nutritional status evaluation is the necessary part in the children's health guarding measures complex the significance of biochemical methods as the part of this system have been analyzed in the article. On the base of the literature data as well as on the authors own experience the classification of the existing biochemical methods for more than 20 indices of children's nutritional status have been proposed. Advantages and disadvantages of the methods described have been briefly characterized.