PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AS A KEY COMPONENT OF STUDENTS' HEALTH

Abstract

In wartime, physical activity is critically important for students to maintain both physical and mental health, increase stress resistance, strengthen immunity, and improve mental performance [1]. Regular physical activity helps normalize metabolism, strengthens the cardiovascular and respiratory systems, and helps combat anxiety and depression, which often worsen in wartime conditions [2, 3]. One of the key components of student health is a healthy lifestyle, namely maintaining physical fitness and health on a daily basis. This is the future generation of specialists who must be ready to defend the country, build its economy, and develop new technologies in their fields of activity. Regular physical education classes help students maintain physical health and develop their work and social activities. In addition, physical education classes are a multifunctional way for students to express themselves and develop their personalities. Physical activity has always been an integral part of a healthy lifestyle. However, its importance is not limited to maintaining physical fitness and preventing disease