title: [Physical development of schoolchildren in the city of Moscow during the recent decade and a related assessment].
abstract: Data on the long-term and short-term monitoring over the growth and development of schoolchildren in the city of Moscow during the second half of the last century are presented (including around 10,000 persons). According to the purpose-oriented 40-year observations of the growing generation in Moscow, the accelerated physical development started in the 60-ies with its peak falling on the middle 70-ies; the elements of deceleration set on in the 80-ies and continued through the 90-ies. As for now, a deficit of the body weight, reduced width and span parameters and a decreased power abilities as well as shifts of the menarche time in girls towards an older age are typical of contemporary schoolchildren in Moscow. The detected trends are common regularities typical of children in all Russia's big cities.
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Iampol'skaia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008572:Menarche; D009031:Moscow; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population