Keyword: «nutritional status»

Nutrition is one of the leading factors influencing the formation of physical development and the state of health of children. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the indicators of personal anxiety of younger schoolchildren depending on the nutritional status of children. Object and methods. The study of indicators of personal anxiety in 200 schoolchildren aged 9.5-10.5 years, students of the 4th grades of city schools in Smolensk, divided into 2 groups, depending on anthropometric indicators. The nutritional status of children was assessed on the basis of WHO criteria using the computer program WHO AnthroPlus (2009). The study of personal anxiety of schoolchildren was carried out according to the methodology of A. M. Parishioners (2000). Results. It is established that the development of overweight affects the psychological state of younger schoolchildren, leads to an increase in the indicators of personal anxiety of students. Conclusion. Values of anxiety indicators (general, self-assessment, interpersonal and magical) children with excessive nutritional status statistically significantly exceeded (by 40–70%, p<0.001) similar indicators of students with optimal nutritional status.