Abstract: Results of the physical development of 3456 students 7 to 18 years old in Kazak primary and middle schools in urban areas of Aletai, Xinjiang are given.' It includes stature, body weight, chest circumference, sitting height, shoulder breadth and pelvis breadth. The increase rate and degree of variation of body weight is the greatest in physical development indices. The stature of the kazak students in most of the age groups, is shorter than that of the Han students of the same age, but the body weight of the most age groups is heavier than that of Han students in the whole country. This paper analysed the data of 6 growth indices in Kazak students.

Key words: Anthropometry; Growth; Development; Growth index; Kazak nationality