Diagnostics of physical health of children and adolescents by morphological and functional indicators in martial law conditions

Abstract

In the conditions of martial law in Ukraine, there is a negative trend towards deterioration of the physical health of the children's population due to morphological and functional deviations and low physiological reserves of the body. These facts require screening and monitoring of physical development of children and adolescents. The purpose of the article is to study and evaluate the physical health of children of middle and senior school age by morphological and functional indicators under martial law. The study was conducted on the basis of Kaharlyk Lyceum No. 1, Obukhiv district, Kyiv region. The study involved 48 pupils of middle and high school age. To determine gender peculiarities, we analyzed indicators of body weight and length separately for girls and boys. The following methods were used in the study: theoretical (analysis of literary sources on the subject of the study); pedagogical methods; physiological methods; methods of mathematical statistics. The results of the study showed that the number of people with harmonious physical development decreases with age, both among girls and boys. Disharmonious physical development is associated with an increase in the proportion of overweight and obese pupils. In particular, 46.4% of girls and 36.8% of boys of middle school age have harmonious development; in senior school age, the proportion of children with disharmonious physical development of the asthenoid type increases sharply. This trend is primarily associated with a decrease in students' motor activity and an increase in static load during learning activities. Conclusions. The results of the study find confirmation in the works of other scientists on the deterioration of physical health due to low physical activity of children under martial law, which requires improvement of recreational and health programs.