The influence of lifestyle on the state of health of students

Abstract

The article examines the influence of lifestyle on the state of health of students of higher education of different years of study. The factors that encourage students of the first and fourth years of study to organize a healthy lifestyle have been determined. Aspects of a healthy lifestyle, which students strive to follow, are considered, because they consider them the most important for maintaining and strengthening health. The reasons for the use of drugs, alcoholic beverages and smoking have been established. Also, the peculiarities of students' observance of a rational daily regime and the use of a hardening system are determined.
 The results of the student survey show that among the factors that could encourage students to organize a healthy lifestyle, the desire to maintain a physical shape and looks good as long as possible is in the first place among students of the 1st and 4th year. Self- realization in the profession is secondary for 1st-year students, and for 4th-year students - care for their health. In third place for 1st-year students is the acquisition of knowledge, skills and abilities to preserve and strengthen health, and for 4th-year students - the importance of health for the well-being and peace of their relatives and friends.
 According to the results of the survey of students of the 1st and 4th courses, it was found that 100% of the 1st-year students and 92% of the 4th-year students strive to follow a rational daily routine. 70% of 1st-year students and 50% of 4th-year students consider it appropriate to use the hardening system. 88% of surveyed 1st-year students believe that parents and friends can encourage a person to lead a healthy lifestyle. Among the students of the 4th year, only 70% of them think so.