Adolescent Health

Adolescent Health

Introduction

Physical health is a complex of morphological and functional indicators, which are closely related to physical performance and the level of the biological condition of the individual at this particular point in time (Brooks-Gunn & Fuligni, 2003, pp 220-223). Physical health reflects the processes of growth and development at different stages of postnatal ontogeny (individual development), when the conversion occurs most clearly in the genotypic potential phenotype. Physical development, along with fertility, morbidity and mortality, is one of the indicators of the health of the population (Sigelman & Rider, 2011, pp 23-27). The paper attempts to discuss the health ...