Преузмите цео чланак у ПДФ формату
The aim of this paper is to present a new methodology for improving the implementation of Nutrition Plan in the Serbian Armed Forces, which enables, on one hand, a better perception of the needs of nutrition users and, on the other hand, the efficient satisfaction of those needs by preparing adequate meals and more efficient use of resources within the framework of existing normative and legal regu lations.Analysis of data from the Registry of the Number of Prepared and Distributed Meals revealed that the number of meals provided in Nutrition Plan, due to inadequate sensory properties, are not consumed after the preparation by subscribers (nutrition users) of younger age cat egories (persons aged from 18 to 27, including the cadets of the Military Academy and the Faculty of Medicine of the Military Medical Academy, and conscript soldiers serving in the military service of approximately the same age, from 18 to 30), which leads to nutrition and energy defi cits and degradation of one’s human potential for the development of required abilities, as well as inefficient use of designated nutrition re sources, since unused meals are thrown away after the distribution of the meals has been completed. The presented methodology is a tool that can be used in an objective and efficient manner, minimising the subjectivity of the experiential as sessment of the expert bodies of the Quartermaster Service (QMS), who are responsible for developing a functional menu in all circumstances, to existing ones based on Nutrition Plan Substitute Norms or by creating the new ones with adequate performance that ensure monthly or annual programmed nutrient intake) that will be used and meet nutritional goals. The methodology is applicable in practice for all nutrition facilities in the Serbian Armed Forces and outside the defence system in collective nutrition organisations that strive to maximise the nutritional benefits of users in an economical manner.