ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL SCHOOL STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT FORMS OF PUBLIC FOOD SERVICE
Anthropometric indicators are the most important indicator of the study of the conformity of physical development with age standards and their deviations can be associated not only with risk factors or signs of certain diseases, but also with the quality of nutrition. It is known that a rational, healthy diet provides harmonious growth and development of children, prevents the development of diseases, increases mental and physical performance. According to an in-depth medical examination in the Kyrgyz Republic, up to 10 thousand children with physical disabilities are registered annually. In this regard, in order to assess the physical development of students in grades 1-4 of rural schools with different forms of catering, an anthropometric study of 2110 students in schools of the Chui region of the Kyrgyz Republic was conducted. The assessment of physical development is given and a comparative analysis of the anthropometric data of schoolchildren with different forms of organization of school feeding is carried out. It was found that among the study children 12.3 % (259) who had signs of retardation in physical development, the number of retardants were by 1.7 times more among students with school meals as express breakfast (a bun and a glass of milk or foods equivalent to them) than those students receiving hot meals. The data of anthropometric studies were used to compose the draft program for the development of school nutrition in the Kyrgyz Republic.