COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND PHYSICAL FITNESS OF ADOLESCENT SCHOOLCHILDREN LIVING IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS

The study involved 227 schoolchildren aged 13-16 years old living in urban and rural areas of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Anthropometric indicators of physical development and indicators of physical fitness of schoolchildren living in Karshi and schoolchildren living in rural areas were taken as the compared groups. It was found that rural schoolchildren from the village of Nekuz demonstrated higher results in terms of the development of physical qualities compared with urban schoolchildren, and differences in body composition were also revealed.