V rabote pokazano, chto nablyudavshayasya na protyazhenii vtoroy poloviny 20 veka akseleratsiya rosta i razvitiya detey v usloviyakh snizheniya kachestva zhizni naseleniya soprovozhdalas' padeniem rozhdaemosti, rostom zabolevaemosti, v chastnosti nevynashivaniya beremennosti. Stabilizatsiya sotsial'no-ekonomicheskikh otnosheniy v strane privela k snizheniyu zabolevaemosti rozhenits. Odnoy iz prichin povysheniya rozhdaemosti yavlyaetsya prodolzhayushchayasya detseleratsiya rosta detey. Kniga budet interesna spetsialistam po pediatrii i fiziologii, akusheram i pedagogam, a takzhe chitatelyam, interesuyushchimisya voprosami demografii.