Comparative characteristics of the level of physical health and physical preparedness of students in their freshman year TuvSU

As a result of a screening study of the levels of physical health and physical preparedness first-year students of 2011–2012 academic year, the Tuvan State University found that the coefficient of physical preparedness in 52 % studied young men corresponds to the average level of 48 % – above the average level of physical health in 92 % of the patients above average, 8 % – the average. A somewhat different pattern was observed in girls: the coefficient of physical preparedness in 43 % of girls corresponds to the below average, at 57 % – the average. Physical health, 96 % of girls are average, only 6 % – above the average. Less physical development level of the girls can be explained by the higher sensitivity of the female body to environmental factors: the difficult socio-economic, climatic and geographical conditions of the region as well the lower physical activity by girls.