Promotion of healthy life style for teenagers by means of physical education

The current article proves the necessity of focused promotion of healthy life style for teens. Based upon a short review of main works of Ya.A. Komensky, D. Lokk, J.J. Russo, I.G. Pestalocci, M.V. Lomonosov, K.D. Ushinsky, P.F. Lesgaft, we can make a conclusion that analyzed issue has always been at the center of attention of outstanding educators of the past. The author provides evidence that this issue remains topical up to now, since the society takes care of oncoming generation. It's more appropriate to promote healthy life style in mass education during PE lessons. The author underlines that it is difficult for modern teachers to work on this issue since at this age teens perceive the term “health" as something abstract. Thus, the author enumerates factors that raise interest to physical culture and consequently make pupils choose health as their value.