Intergenerational Dynamics of Anthropometric Indicators and Current Trends in Physical Development of Students in Krasnodar

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2025-3/379-401

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secular trend, body proportions, student youth, physical development, deceleration, regional standards, Krasnodar Territory

Abstract

The article presents the results of a comprehensive anthropometric study of students in Krasnodar (17–23-years-old) conducted in 2024. The study aimed to observe the current trends in physical development and intergenerational changes in anthropometric indicators against the background of all-Russian trends. Data analysis revealed significant regional differences: compared to their Moscow peers, Krasnodar students demonstrate a stronger physique (higher Livi index, chest girth, and fat fold thickness values), which is more pronounced in young men. Intergenerational analysis (1964–2024) showed an increase in average body length of 4.53 cm for young men in Krasnodar and 2.01 cm for women. At the same time, in recent years, a slight decrease in mean body length values was found for male and female groups. Comparison with the data of the 1980s revealed a change in the proportions of the physique of today's youth: Krasnodar young men have a tendency towards narrowness (a decrease in the pelvic diameter/body length ratio) and an increase in the indicators of fat deposition. A similar secular trend was observed in Moscow youth, which indicates the stability of intergenerational changes in the morphological status of young people in different cities of the European part of Russia. The practical outcome of the study was the development of current regional physical development standards for young people in Krasnodar in the form of normative tables based on regression analysis of the body mass to body length.

Author Biographies

  • Elena Ivanova, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

    Ivanova, Elena A. — Ph.D. Student of the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: lenaiva16@mail.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9896-3258

  • Marina Negasheva, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

    Negasheva, Marina A. — Dr. of Biology, Professor of the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: negasheva@mail.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7572-4316

  • Marina Sher, Kuban State University

    Sher, Marina L. — Ph.D. in Economics, Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Kub State University (Krasnodar, Russian Federation). E-mail: mlsher@yandex.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5458-6615

  • Irina Sineva, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

    Sineva, Irina M. — Ph.D. in Biology, Associate Professor of the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Biology, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: i-sineva@yandex.ru ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3336-898X

  • Ainur Khafizova, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

    Khafizova, Ainur A. — Ph.D. in Biology, Researcher of the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Biology, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: aya.khafizova@gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4764-6792

  • Darina Korshunova, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University

    Korshunova, Darina D. — Master's Student of the Department of Anthropology of the Faculty of Biology, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russian Federation). E-mail: darinawow388@gmail.com ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0009-0001-9522-2233

    For citation: Ivanova, E. A., M. A. Negasheva, M. L. Sher, I. M. Sineva, A. A. Khafizova, and D. D. Korshunova. 2025. Intergenerational Dynamics of Anthropometric Indicators and Current Trends in Physical Development of Students in Krasnodar. Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik Antropologii) 3: 379–401.

    Funding: The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant №23-18-00086 "Regional Aspects of the Influence of Socio-Economic and Socio-Cultural Factors on the Secular Trend of Body Dimensions of Modern Youth at the Turn of the 20th–21st Centuries".

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Published

23.09.2025

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No. 3 (2025): Herald of Anthropology (Vestnik antropologii)

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Physical anthropology