COMPARISON OF THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN IN A CITY WITH A DEVELOPED PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY
During 2003 to 2009 selected indicators of physical development of children aged 3-7 years from two kindergartens were within physiological norms and did not differ. However, the harmonious development of the statistically more frequently observed in kindergarten № 88, located at 7 km distant from the sanitary-protection zone of a large industrial petrochemical complex in comparison with a kindergarten № 42, whose territory is situated within 5 km of sanitary-protective zone. Disharmony of the physical development of preschool children in both institutions is due to a greater extent with excess body weight.