FEATURES OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS OF DAGHESTAN DURING SCHOOL EDUCATION PERIOD DEPENDING ON NATURAL CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

Abstract

Some age-related morphofunctional parameters were studied in children and adolescents living in the highland conditions of Daghestan (Khunzakh village) and in the plainland (the city of Makhachkala) depending on the age of patients, gender factors and climatic conditions. Physical fitness of children of school age (from 7 to 17 years old) was studied. Anthropometric data were assessed (body mass, height, BMI), as well as chest volume and vital lung capacity using spirometry. The study showed the presence of certain patterns in the physical development of schoolchildren aged from 7 to 17 years old. The body weight of schoolchildren living in the highlands of Daghestan (Khunzakh village) is slightly lower than that of their peers living in the plain (the city of Makhachkala). Body length (height) increases significantly from 10 to 15 years old. At the age of 10-15 years, there is a significant increase in body weight in boys and girls living both in high mountains and on the plains. Obviously this is due to the peculiarities of metabolic processes in this period of development.