health and lifestyle of students' youth: status, problems and ways of solution

Introduction: The current negative trends in the health of students' youth, which according to many researchers is a social group with an increased risk of diseases, indicate the need to address the problem of preserving and strengthening the health of students through the introduction of effective approaches to the prevention of diseases, risk factors for their development and the formation of the principles of a healthy lifestyle. The aim: Substantiation of measures aimed at prevention of non-communicable diseases and risk factors for their development in students by studying their health and lifestyle, evaluation of international experience in this field. Materials and methods: We have analyzed the sources of domestic and foreign research literature and conducted sociological research among 332 students of higher education institutions: linguistic, medical and technical universities. It had been used bibliosemantic, sociological and medical-statistical methods. Conclusions: Under conditions of the current intensification of the educational process in higher education universities, which is accompanied by a tense education regime, increase of educational load and negative impact on the health of students, the importance of solving the problem of preserving and strengthening the health of student youth is increased. Therefore priority attention is needed the complex realization of measures to the effective prevention of diseases and risk factors for their development among students, creation of pre-conditions for forming in students the principles of healthy way of life and health-protecting behavior, improvement of medical care and implementation of monitoring the health status of students.