Assessment of the Physical Development of Schoolchildren Aged 9-10 Year-Old Living in the Altai Republic

Abstract

The article presents the results of the medical examination of schoolchildren aged 9-10 years living in the Altai Republic. Anthropometric measurements assessing the level of schoolchildren physical development were carried out. The study revealed a low level of schoolchildren physical development in the presented age group, underweight in children of both sexes being more prominent in females. At the beginning of the academic year, children were characterized by an asthenic body type. At the end of the year, the parameters characterizing the body type were within the recommended values. The causes of the low level of physical development may be the special characteristics of the climate and geographical zone where the studied children live, the diet and the lack of physical activity which is necessary for the normal body development.