CHARACTERIsTICs AND CLUsTER ANALysIs Of PRODUCT BAskET Of THE RUssIAN POPULATION
Purpose. To characterize and classify food consumption of the Russian population. Methods. Statistical processing of official data of the Federal State Statistics Service by the method of Zh.V. Gudinovoy and k-means. Results. When making a percentile profiling the position of the territory in a number of regions of Russia and regulations regarding food consumption was defined. Classification showed that the first cluster is characterized by low rates of vegetable, fruits and berries, milk and dairy products, meat and meat products, fish and fish products, the second cluster - by high values of grain products, sugar and confectionery products, potatoes, eggs and egg products, vegetable oil per capita. Conclusions. Average Russian food packages do not meet the recommended standards of food consumption. Interregional comparison of territories established position in a number of regions of Russia and regulations regarding food consumption. Clusters showed special characteristics of high consumption of products sources of energy, carbohydrates and low value products sources of micronutrients, amino acids, dietary fibers and vitamins.