INFLUENCE OF MOTHER’S PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ON ANTHROPOMETRIC INDEXES OF NEWBORN CHILD

Анотація

We studied somatometric indexes in 1,756 infants which were born in women of different occupations. Housewives were 756 people, students – 212, representatives of the intelligentsia – 385, workers of enterprises – 298, sellers – 105. We determined in every child on the first day of life its body weight, line, arc size by means of 18 anthropometric characteristics. The measurements were performed by using standard tools of unified approach proposed V.V.Bunak. We found the features of the physical development in babies according to different women occupations.

Somatometry, newborns, anthropometric measures, characterization, indexes, physical development, arc dimensions, mother, profession