title: [Characteristics of body composition of the students of boarding schools].
abstract: The article describes the findings on the peculiarities of body composition of pupils of boarding high schools in Vitebsk region in the 1990s. The age- and sex-dependent dynamics of body components was shown in children aged 8-15 years in absolute values and as percentage in relation to total the body mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, Vitebsk State Medical University, Byelorussia.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Vasilenko
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001823:Body Composition / Q000502:physiology*; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty / Q000502:physiology; D002094:Republic of Belarus; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students