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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MOSCOW SCHOOLCHILDREN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION IN RUSSIA AT THE TURN OF THE XXI CENTURY

Zubareva V.V.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia

Zubareva V.V., e-mail: zubareva.vera@yandex.ru

Abstract

A comparative analysis of physical development of Moscow elementary school students aged 9 years, who were attending classes during 1996–1998, 2005-2006 and 2007–2012 (381 boys and 355 girls), was carried out. We tried to eõamine the data in light of changes in the official demographics statistics. On the one hand, the analysis indicated a decline in prevalence of normal physical development over the period as well as increased overweight rate in children. On the other hand, it revealed negative demographic indicators: a significant decrease in the age of survival and absence of growth dynamics in population (or even decline up until 2012). Based on the data, it is not possible to speak about real connection between changes in the physical development of Moscow children in the late ÕÕ – early ÕÕI century and the demographic shifts that characterize the population during this time. However, there is a certain degree of consistency in the nature of variability of these parameters, seen mainly in boys.

Keywords

physical anthropology, auõology, Moscow schoolchildren, demography of Russia

Цит.: Zubareva V.V. PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MOSCOW SCHOOLCHILDREN AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION IN RUSSIA AT THE TURN OF THE XXI CENTURY // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2016; 4/2016; с. 127-131