Conditions of the Implementation of Selected Early Prevention Behaviours by High School Students from Radom

• Main Authors: Mogiła-Lisowska Jolanta, Bukowska Beata
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2016-10-01
• Series: Physical Culture and Sport: Studies and Research
• Subjects: prevention behaviours; high school students; healthy nutrition; physical activity
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1515/pcssr-2016-0019

The specific type of human activities that aim to maintain full health by maintaining biological, psychological and social comfort indicate the need to adopt a holistic perspective in any analysis of determinants of pro-health behaviour. When analysing the aetiology of somatic diseases, it is important to take into account biological and mental well-being as well as the connections between needs, interests and lifestyle decisions and their consequences. One of the measures used to reduce the risk of a progressive lack of immunity to non-infectious diseases is prevention, understood as actions aimed at preventing diseases or other adverse health phenomena by controlling their causes and risk factors. An important component of prevention programmes is preventing the occurrence of negative social behaviour patterns that contribute to the increased risk of diseases. Three basic components of a healthy lifestyle – regular physical activity, proper nutrition and sufficient rest and relaxation (stress management) – justify the importance of practising healthy habits from an early age. The role of promoting pro-health behaviours among children and adolescents is of particular importance in the context of increasingly sedentary lifestyles, obesity and weight problems.