title: [Various trends in the somatic development of city children and adolescents during the past 20 years (the study based on the examination of schoolchildren in Moscow)].
abstract: Comprehensive studies of Moscow children are summarized. In 1961-1962, 1968-1972, 1981-1984 7000 of Moscow boys and girls from 8 to 17 years of age were investigated using cross-sectional and mixed-longitudinal methods (1968-1972). Trends in body dimensions, maturation levels distribution of somatotypes are analyzed. It is shown that, the process of acceleration of somatic development intensively continued up to mid-seventies then began to stabilize and in the early 80-s gave place to some retardation of body development in spite of the high standards of living. The possible causes of such trends are discussed.
authors.forename: E Z
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Godina
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Miklashevskaia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D000886:Anthropometry; D001824:Body Constitution; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009031:Moscow; D012737:Sex Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Nekotorye tendentsii somaticheskogo razvitiia gorodskikh deteĭ i podrostkov za poslednie 20 let (na primere obsledovaniia shko'lnikov Moskvy).