HYGIENIC CHARACTERISTICS OF APPROACHES, CHARACTERIZING THE AGE FEATURES AND HEALTH INDICATORS OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND YOUTH

A large amount of scientific research has been accumulated on the health problem of the younger generation. The aim of the work was to analyze the characteristics of modern youth associated with age periodization. The article presents an informational and analytical review on the problem of the health of children, adolescents and youth, highlights the features of their growth and development when they reach adulthood. Health risks are shown and analyzed taking into account physiological, psychological, moral and social development. The characteristics of the age stages of development of children and adolescents, characterized by a certain level of preparedness of the body for the effects of various factors, are given. For example, a child's admission to a preschool institution, a change in her usual environment, day regimen, and nutrition can lead to overstrain and a breakdown of the child's adaptation system. The features of the teenage age group are considered. It is at this age that personality-psychological characteristics, stereotypes of behavior, bad habits and behavioral reactions are formed. The category of student youth is described with a description of modern issues related to the hygiene of the educational process and health. Issues of medical support for young people require revision in relation to the peculiarities of ontogenesis, taking into account the whole range of influencing risk factors. To determine the strategy of the planned measures aimed at improving the level of health, a review of the age periodization is required taking into account the peculiarities of the modern development of children, adolescents and youth. Certain laws governing the growth and development of children and adolescents and, above all, the heteromorphism of these processes provide the basis for constructing the scientific principles of age-related periodization. At the same time, psychological, biological, social and other criteria may act as regulatory mechanisms.

review, teenage children, youth, ontogenesis, age periodization, health, risk factors, hygiene standard, adaptation, studying proccess, the quality of life, prophylaxis, health care, educational environment, health care