ABSTRACT
The changes in the physical development of frequently ill children (FIC) aged 3-7 years are considered. The rate of an increase in the height and body weight of FIC has been found to differ from that of these indices in occasionally ill children (OIC). By the age of 7 years, FIC are statistically smaller than OIC of the same age. It is also shown that 56.6% of FIC have physical development deviations while the latter are present only in 21.2% of OIC. In both groups, these deviations are more frequently encountered in boys than in girls. Creating the optimum conditions for children's physical development care and promotion will substantially improve their health status, increase the number of children annually stricken off the register of FIC, and reduce the number of days missed by a child for sickness.
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Developmental Disabilities/epidemiology , Disease , Health Status , Anthropometry , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Incidence , Male , Prevalence , Sex DistributionABSTRACT
The paper deals with the impact of physical classes at a higher educational establishment on the cardiovascular and respiratory systems of students. First- and second-year students who did physical exercises in accordance with the curriculum and fourth-year students who did not were followed up. Blood pressure and heart rate before and after exercise and the maximum oxygen consumption were used as parameters that characterized the state of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. No physical exercises in third- and fourth-year students were shown to negatively affect their cardiorespiratory system. The current introduction of physical exercises at all courses of higher educational establishments is positively appreciated.
