THE SECULAR TREND OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT IN MODERN MEDICAL PRACTICE

Abstract

The physical development of a child is continuously being influenced by many environmental factors: physical, psychological, social and economic ones. Nowadays, children experience high intellectual loads in secondary as well as in preschool educational institutions. That negatively affects children motor activity, and it can produce chronic stress conditions and disrupt the process of physical development. Physical development is a process of dynamic growth (increase in height and weight, organ development and systems development of the body) and biological maturation of a child. These parameters are assessed by a complex of morphological (height and weight measurements, head circumference, chest circumference, abdominal circumference, hip circumference, amount and distribution of subcutaneous fat) and functional (respiratory rate, heart rate, blood pressure, lung capacity, muscle strength) indicators, closely interdependent with environmental conditions. Such parameters as physical stamina, strength and capacity directly depend on the indicators of physical development. The parameters of physical development can be considered as criteria for determining a child's readiness for studying in preschool and secondary educational institutions, sports activities and additional educational activities.

Keywords

• дети
• физическое развитие
• секулярный тренд