title: [Trends in Moscow senior adolescent schoolchildren's growth and development at the turn of millennia].
abstract: The presented materials are the result of many years' observations of the growth and development of Moscow senior adolescent schoolchildren, by revealing main trends in their physical development. By using the representative material (more than 2.5 thousand persons), the authors consider the trend in the physical development of 16-17-year-old adolescents examined in 1960-2007 by the strictly unified program. The physical development of Moscow adolescents has been recently characterized by: 1) neither increment in size signs no cardinal changes in the level of biological maturity; 2) a fall in the proportion of persons with normal physical development and a rise in the number of deviations (particularly in young males due to overweight); 3) a progressive reduction in strength capacities.
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Kuchma
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sukhareva
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Iampol'skaia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D041923:Adolescent Development; D006801:Humans; D009031:Moscow; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*