THE IMPACT OF RESTRICTIVE MEASURES RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON THE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE OF STUDENTS
The formation of a healthy lifestyle for children and youth is designated in regulatory documents as part of the Russian state policy, the most important social task. But today, a fundamentally new and not fully understood factor has emerged that negatively affects people’s lifestyle - the pandemic nature of the spread of COVID-19, which provoked the introduction of restrictive measures and significantly changed the habitual way of life of people. Representatives of the student youth, accustomed to lead an active lifestyle, found themselves in a situation of limited social contacts. Have restrictive measures affected the lifestyle of students? It is necessary to identify the specifics of this influence and outline ways to overcome its possibly negative impact. In order to solve this problem, an empirical study was conducted to assess changes in the lifestyle of students during the introduction of restrictive measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the course of the study, a questionnaire was developed, the questions of which were divided into blocks - components of a healthy lifestyle, a survey of 221 students of the Ural State Pedagogical University was conducted, and the results were analyzed. As a result of the study, it was revealed that: most of the students have positive changes in their diet, as well as in their physical activity mode, but one third of the students’ physical activity has significantly decreased; half of the students have negative changes in their daily routine; students in self-isolation are at risk of developing or developing bad habits. Based on the analysis of the results of the study, several recommendations were made for students to maintain a healthy lifestyle. The results of the study allow us to further develop conditions that allow young people to maintain a healthy lifestyle during the introduction of restrictions. Moreover, research in this direction can be conducted within different branches of scientific knowledge: medicine, pedagogy, psychology, sociology, etc.