MORPHOFUNCTIONAL SCREENING OF 7-8 YEAR OLD CHILDREN ADAPTING TO SCHOOLING
The article presents the results of morphofunctional screening of health and physical development in 7-8 year old children (n=343) during the period of adaption to school. The paper presents the analysis of distribution of first graders of Chelyabinsk into health groups; the rating of diseases and the functional problems of the main systems of an organism; gender differences within antropomeric indexes in children just starting school. There was revealed semi-annual growth of somatometric and physiometric indices, and positive dynamics of physical development in children within the first year of schooling.