ASSESSMENT OF GIRLS PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF KABARDINO-BALKAR REPUBLIC
Backgrounds. The physical development of the population is an integral indicator of health, which responds to the impact of social, hygienic and environmental factors of the environment. Raising a physically strong young generation with a harmonious development of physical and spiritual strength is the most important task of the Government of the Russian Federation at the present stage. The aim of the study was to assess the physical development of girls as one of the promising social groups of the population for the reproductive potential of a specific territorial-administrative entity, on the example of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Materials and methods. The somatometric indicators of two groups were analyzed - girls of 16-20 years old and women of the first mature age (21-35 years old). Results and conclusions. Comparison of three share somatometric indicators in these groups showed that they significantly differ from each other. Probably, such results are associated with a change in the representatives of the second group of socio-reproductive status.