Features of the physical development of schoolchild of the Ulyanovsk region

One of the integral indicators of children’s health is a physical development. This indicator allows evaluating how global changes in human development, as well as current changes in populations. The aim of this study was to determine the characteristics of the physical development of boys and girls of school-age city of Ulyanovsk and the Ulyanovsk region. Within five years (2008-2012) were examined 4053 learners, including 2063 boys and 1990 girls aged 7 to 17 years, residing in the Ulyanovsk region. The measurements were performed by standard anthropometric methods. In boys of the Ulyanovsk city in all age groups the values of anthropometric indicators is higher than that of rural with a high degree of reliability. Up to 15 years values of anthropometric measures at girls in urban schools is higher than in rural areas. In all age groups, both boys and girls, is dominated by the learners of the 1st level of health with a satisfactory adaptation of the organism to the environment. With age, a reduction in the proportion of learners with a satisfactory adaptation and increases the proportion of adolescents with stress type of adaptation mechanisms and with poor adaptation. In almost all age groups, girls are more resistant to environmental influences and have a greater adaptive capacity than boys.