UDC

573.7.017.6:612.013

Authors

Natalya A. Skoblina
Scientific Centre of Children’s Health, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; The First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
str. 5, 5 Malyy Kazennyy pereulok, Moscow, 105064, Russian Federation;
e-mail: skoblina_dom@mail.ru
Denis M. Fedotov
Institute of Medical and Biological Research, Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov
3 proezd Badigina, Arkhangelsk, 163000, Russian Federation;
e-mail: d.fedotov@narfu.ru
Olga Yu. Milushkina
The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov
1 Ostrovityanova St., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation;
e-mail: olmilushkina@mail.ru
Nataliya A. Bokareva
The Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov
1 Ostrovityanova St., Moscow, 117997, Russian Federation;
e-mail: nabokareva@mail.ru
Andrey A. Tatarinchik
The First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation; Research Institute of Hygiene and Child and Adolescent Health, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation;
str. 5, 5 Malyy Kazennyy pereulok, Moscow, 105064, Russian Federation;
e-mail: this.charming.man@mail.ru

Abstract

This article presents the results of a comparative analysis of the main somatometric parameters in children and adolescents living in Arkhangelsk and Moscow who were examined in the 1960s, 1980s and 2010s. We showed that over the 20 years’ period (from the 1960s to 1980s) there had been a significant increase in the total body size of the child population in these cities, which indicates an intense acceleration process typical of the vast majority of the child population both within Russia and all over the world. What is more, the child population of Arkhangelsk showed over the same study period a significant increase in the mean values of body weight in all age and gender groups. Having studied the yearly increase in body length and weight as well as age periods of growth spurts, we came to the conclusion that the onset of biological maturation of modern children and adolescents has shifted forward, which is also a sign of acceleration. Currently, there have been observed multidirectional trends in the parameters of child and adolescent physical development in Northern Russia. We identified a group of schoolchildren aged 8–10 years with reduced physical development which requires careful monitoring in order to preserve and improve their health. A comparative analysis of physical development in children and adolescents living in Moscow and Arkhangelsk during the compared periods has revealed that boys and girls from Moscow were ahead of their Arkhangelsk peers in terms of key somatometric parameters in most age groups both in the 1960s and in the 2010s, which confirms the necessity of establishing and regularly reviewing regional standards of physical development.

Keywords

physical development of children, physical development of adolescents, secular trend, acceleration

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