The Member States of the United Nations, while planning and implementing concrete measures to protect citizens health, nutrition included, experience need in sharing best practices and in coordinated recommendations, relevant to common actual challenges. The article analyzes and systematizes main official documents of the leading international organizations in the field of population nutrition from the standpoint of public health and health care in dynamics more than over 70 years. The particular emphasis is made on their implementation to adolescents and youths aged 10–24 years, who need risk approach application in resolving their urgent nutritional problems, in relationship with influencing environmental factors, lifestyle, bad habits, physical activity, etc. The policies, programs and other documents that are currently implementing in the area of numerous problems associated with malnutrition, promote adoption of their own commitments, which must be relevant, achievable, specific, timebound, measurable. In this regard, adopted and implemented leading national documents in this area are analyzed. The practicability of implementation of the UN and WHO recommendations with their adaptation to multiple-aspect specifics of the country, as well as need in prolonging research in this area are demonstrated.

nutrition, children, adolescents, health care, international guidelines, risk approach, physical activity.