The article focuses on the analysis of contemporary approaches to establishing a healthy lifestyle. The issue of maintaining the health of the young generation is becoming particularly acute in today's world. The work aims to deepen the understanding of the processes involved in forming a healthy lifestyle and the value attitude of young people towards health. The concepts of “healthy lifestyle” and “culture of health” are characterized. Of particular social significance are issues related to the elimination of negative tendencies in the youth environment (growth of various social deviations, alcoholism, drug addiction, teenage crime), the formation of value orientations, and life-oriented lifestyles. Attention is focused on the fact that modern social realities require a qualitative understanding of the place and role of health in the system of values, an analysis of value orientations and life practices of student youth. It is noted that the specific feature of the social status of youth, its orientation towards the future, determine its special social significance. The article formulates the concepts of “healthy lifestyle” and “health culture”. The work aims to deepen understanding of the processes of forming a healthy lifestyle and the value attitude of young people to health. The formation of a new positive thinking is proposed, taking into account the culture of health and support for a healthy lifestyle by acquiring knowledge about new dimensions of oneself, about one's own mental and creative potential by young people. The formative function of education is determined, which provides an opportunity to systematically influence the formation of valeological competence of students through the educational process and the educational environment of an educational institution.
Мовмига et al. (Mon,) studied this question.