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This paper’s purpose is to present the effects of selected environmental factors on the somatic development of first-year students at Uniwersytet Zielonogorski. On the basis of the results of a study of 425 men and 399 women, conducted over the academic year of 2004/2005, an analysis was made of the impact of the following factors: level of urbanization of the subjects’ residential area, father and mother’s education, parents jobs, number of elder siblings, total number of siblings, education, and feeding method after birthon their body height and weight.