[The life style of the Czechoslovak population in relation to health]

The paper is devoted to the development of the life style factors of the Czechoslovak population relevant for health. The author analyzes broader socio-economic relations of the shaping of the life style, in particular the developmental stage of production, the structure of national economy and the type of social order. The most important components of the life style, with a negative impact on the health potential are inadequate or one-sided exercise, an unbalanced diet and unfavourable responses to stressing situations (smoking, abuse of alcohol, other types of drug addiction etc.). Reflections on the possible future development of the life style in relation to health are projected into two polar alternatives--warning and intensification. Implementation of the warning alternative would imply further health damage on a mass scale. Only the intensification alternative implemented within the context of the nation-wide strategy of restoration and development of national health would lead at first to slight, later to substantial positive shifts in the health standard of the Czechoslovak population.