[EATING DISORDERS AND VISCERAL ADIPOSE TISSUE - TWO INTERCONNECTED INFORMATIVE MARKERS OF PROGNOSIS OF DISORDERS OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND RISK OF DEVELOPMENT OF COMORBIDITY CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES].

The purpose of research was to study the characteristics of eating behaviour (EB) and indicators visceral adipose tissue (VAT) in patients with NAFLD and obesity stage of 1-2 or excessive body mass on the background of hypertension (H). We examined 100 patients with NAFLD in combination with overweight and obesity of 1-2 degrees (body mass index - BMI ≥25 kg/m2) on the background of H I-II stage. Patients with NAFLD and visceral obesity on the background of stage H of I-II the identified three types of violations of EB with a significant predominance of external breach type EB (p<0,05) regardless of BMI. It should be noted that the indicators of waist circumference (WC)/hip circumference (HC) were not statistically different in patients with different types of violations of EB, which is significantly different rates of volume VAT. The severity various types of violations of EB correlates with the increase in VAT, as evidenced by the presence of the relationship (r) severity various types of violations of EB with increase in VAT (p<0,05). The results of the study indicate that VAT - a highly informative biomarker of the prognosis of the disorders of nutritional status and risk of development of metabolic disorders, which depends on EB. Identified isolated cases of violations of EB among patients in the control group indicate the possible risk of increase VAT and the development of hormonal and metabolic disorders. Therefore, it is necessary to study the violations of EB on a larger scale to diagnose possible disorders of nutritional status, and to measure these standard anthropometric indicators such as BMI, WC, HC, WC/HC it is advisable to further carry out the measurement % VАT and IVO.