Development of the "healthy lifestyle" concept and the sphere of sport and recreation services of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region
The article is devoted to the actual problems of implementing of the concept of a healthy lifestyle in the North-West of the Russian Federation in the aspect of functioning and development of physical culture and health complex in its two main regions - St. Petersburg and Leningrad region. The planning and programmes initiatives of recent years in this area are aimed at improving the health of citizens and increasing the quality of life. At the same time, the real socio-economic situation in the regions and the country as a whole makes it difficult to implement them to a certain extent.