Аннотация
The research reflects the issues of providing the population of the republic with food according to the criteria of availability, affordability and sufficiency. The health of the nation is the basis for the country's sustainable development, which is directly dependent on a proper balanced diet. The article presents an analysis of production of gross output in agriculture and food products. To determine the economic and physical availability of food, prices and purchasing power of the average per capita cash income of the residents of Kazakhstan in relation to food products have been analyzed, the level of expenses for their purchase and consumption in kind is shown. Comparison of indicators of the use of basic food products by region, various categories of people living in rural areas, revealed deviations for urban and rural residents, as well as depending on the territory, income level, subsistence minimum thresholds. Differences in consumption of decile groups and households with children under eighteen years of age are shown. There are fluctuations in the structure of caloric intake by decile groups and regions. The influence of nutritional problems on the health of vulnerable population of the republic is considered. There a sons and factors influencing the diet are revealed and analyzed. A comparative analysis of achieving the goals of sustainable economic development, attitude to healthy, organic products is presented. Solving the problem of providing the country's residents with sufficient and affordable food, establishing a balance of supply and demand, improving the quality of manufactured products is an important priority of the public policy of any state.