A general tendency of changes in growth and development of new generation known as acceleration of growth and maturation has been noticed in this century. The aim of this paper was to establish whether there have been any changes in physical development variables in young people during the period of 22 years. The sample consisted of 140 male subjects measured in 1997 and 146 male subjects measured in 1975, average age of 20, who were the students of FPC, Belgrade. The sample of variables consisted of 16 anthropometric measures which defined longitudinal and transversal skeletal dimensions, volume and body mass, as well as subcutaneous fat tissue. Basic descriptive statistic parameters, together with the significance of differences in mean values calculated for all variables. Changes in physical development in the form of growth acceleration in young generation of students were established by the analysis of the obtained results. The largest increase was established in measures which define longitudinal and transversal skeletal dimensions, as well as body mass, while the measures of volume and subcutaneous fat tissue were in a less pronounced increase. Younger generation of twenty-year old students of 1997 generation was found to be 4.81 cm taller, and 4.92 kg heavier than their peers in 1975.
