DYNAMICS OF BODY WEIGHT IN STUDENTS OF MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING
The dynamics of body weight indicates changes in health, the influence of certain factors on these changes and the development of the body. The studies of the dynamics of fluctuations in body weight among students during the period of study by Russian scientists, US scientists and researchers from Belarus among BSU students, revealed various changes in the dynamics from the first to the last courses, as well as the difference in changes by gender. The aim of the work is to analyze the dynamics of body mass index in students of Grodno state medical University during the period of study from 2015 to 2019. A sample of data from outpatient cards of students in the amount of 383 was made. The results showed that from the second to the sixth year of study, the dynamics of the body mass index of students was noted: with an increase in the number of students with normal and overweight and a decrease in the number of students with a lack of body weight. Gender differences in changes in body weight of students in the process of study are revealed. Thus, there was an increase of 1, 83% in the number of students with normal body weight, while there was a decrease of 1.05% in the number of students with normal body weight. The number of overweight students decreased by 0.78% and the number of overweight students increased by 1.57%. The number of students with a lack of body weight decreased by 2.35%, and among men by 0.27%. From 2015 to 2019, the transition of 3.4% of students from the normal -weight group to underweight and 2.35% to overweight affected the change in the number of students in the normal -weight group. In addition, the transition of 2.08% of students from overweight and 4.96% from underweight to normal body weight had an impact on the number of students in the group with normal body weight.