Monitoring of children's physical development from birth to 7 years old

At preschool age the great importance is attached to researches of age dynamics of a body sizes. At the same time different authors often have dissenting opinions on this dynamics (various regions of the country, temporary investigation phases influence on this process). Besides, if to consider only the body length size without interrelation with body weight and a chest circumference, it is possible to obtain non-objective data of physical development at some or another phase of ontogenesis. The research objective is to reveal gender and age specifics of children's physical development at the phases of preschool ontogenesis. The monitoring of children's physical development from birth to 7-years old (1450 children, including 710 boys and 740 girls) was conducted in Krasnodar and Maykop cities from 2004 to 2012. The following indicators of children's physical development were studied: weight, body length and a chest circumference. Gender and age specific of children's physical development which were characteristic to various phases of preschool ontogenesis were identified.