During complex assessment of health, physical development is an essential objective criterion and is an indication of the effectiveness of the treatment-and-recovery measures. For this reason, we have learned the dynamics of physical development of children in the mammal. The physical development was assessed on the following anthropometric parameters: body weight and length, circle, chest area.
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