Diagnosis of healthy lifestyles in fifth-graders

The article presents the results of the psychological and pedagogical research of young teenagers' ideas about health and a healthy lifestyle, as well as awareness and systematic observance of the rules of a healthy lifestyle in everyday life situations. During the study, standardized methods were used: rapid diagnosis of ideas about the value of health among students in grades 4-6; the questionnaire «Knowledge about health and a healthy lifestyle» and the methodology «Harmoniousness of a schoolboy’s lifestyle». Based on the results obtained, an assumption is made about the effectiveness of the existing practice of forming a healthy lifestyle in younger adolescents and recommendations are made for its improvement. The article will be interesting for educators and may be useful as informational material for seminars and practical classes and discussions with students about the effective organization of education that forms the health of students.