The health plays the main role in creation of the human capital such a medical, social and economic category. Considering increasing the role of the human capital among the other factors of production in modern conditions, saving of health is quite important social and economical problem and requires further researches.
The analysis of the sources shows us that many aspects of the environmental development, the reproduction process of human capital and aspects of influence on population’s health condition is not enough examined.
The purpose of the study is to analyze the Ukrainian population’s lifestyle as a key factor in the public health influence, identifying the main directions and priorities for its improvement.
The authors trace the main tendencies of the life way among Ukrainian citizens. Thus, among the Ukrainian population there is a predominance of harmful habits: tobacco smoking, alcohol addiction, drug use, physical inactivity etc. These dangerous issues apply to children as well as to young people.
The links may be traced between the destructive lifestyle, which dominates in society, and complicated situation in health system in Ukraine.
At that, Ukrainian population, unfortunately, does not realize that lifestyle is the cause of poor health and does not pay a proper attention to it.
Thus, in the current condition in order to keep the health of the nation, the government must pay particular attention to the wide implementation of the healthy lifestyle principles. The public consciousness should be focused not on the struggle against diseases, but on the support of health and prevention. The key idea is to develop motivation in society in maintaining and personal health, creating a healthy environment, preventing the spread of bad habits and destroying health and other individuals. The ideology of a healthy lifestyle should become the domination.