title: [Physical development and health of children in Russia].
abstract: The results of a large-scale study of physical development and health of children denoted the latest related features, which can be referred to as favorable enough. Described are: new approaches to evaluating children's health, specific features of age-dynamics of body's dimensions (smoothing of decussations), dependence of physical development on residence and correlation between body's dimensions at birth, on the one hand, and parameters of health and physical development observed later, on the other hand.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Maksmova
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Belov
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Lushkina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006128:Growth; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009031:Moscow; D012424:Rural Population; D012426:Russia; D012737:Sex Factors; D014505:Urban Population