[Medico-hygienic standards of a healthy life style]

Under conditions of rise in the incidence of chronic noncommunicable diseases increasing attention is being paid by science and public to the personal responsibility of man for his own health, an emphasis is being placed on the priority of healthy lifestyle formation. Different approaches to the definition of the concept and contents of healthy lifestyle hampers the organization and lowers the effectiveness of hygienic education of the population. The author suggests nine priority behavioral medico-hygienic norms which should form the basis for healthy lifestyle formation.