ISSN Print 2713-0878
ISSN Online 2713-0886
BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL OF ERMC EASTERN EUROPEAN
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Body mass index of Russian schoolchildren in the second decade of the XXI century
About authors
1 Institute of Developmental Physiology of the Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia
2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia
3 Institute of Demographic Research — Branch of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IDR FCTAS RAS), Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Natalia A. Skoblina
ul. Ostrovityanova, 1, Moscow, 117997, Russia; ur.liam@mod_anilboks
About paper
Author contribution: Levushkin SP, Zhukov OF, Skoblina NA — trial concept and design; Skoblina EV — data collection and processing; Zhukov OF, Skoblina EV — text writing; Levushkin SP, Skoblina NA — editing.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study has been approved by the Local Ethics Committee of Pirogov Russian National Research University (protocol No. 159 as of November 21, 2016) and conducted as a part of research work (state recording number of research and technological development АААА-А19-119021890068-7 as of February 18, 2019), it does not endanger the participants, complied with the requirements of biomedical ethics, and voluntary informed consent has been obtained for each participant.
Received: 2022-01-17
Accepted: 2022-02-24
Published online: 2022-03-30
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The aim of the study is to establish a trend in the body mass index of schoolchildren in different regions of the country. The study was carried out in 2021 as part of the all-Russian monitoring of the physical development of schoolchildren aged 7–17 years (the number of boys - 30,965, the number of girls - 33,290). The statistical software package Statistica 13 PL has been used for data processing. BMI indicators have been established for Russian schoolchildren. Some regional differences in BMI indicators and the influence of the organization of medical support factor in the region have been shown. The Pearson correlation coefficients between the BMI of schoolchildren and the availability of doctors and nurses per 10,000 of population were -0.63 and -0.39 (p ≤ 0.05). The age and gender standards for BMI for Russian schoolchildren have been updated. A trend towards higher BMI rates in various subjects of the Russian Federation has been revealed, which may be due, among other things, to indicators characterizing the organization of the medical population in the region.
Keywords: schoolchildren, body mass index, health care