Study on the perception of a healthy lifestyle among secondary school students

The health of the future adult should be a growing concern for those responsible, because nowadays the main issues are sedentarism and obesity, which are quite widespread among youngsters, being influenced by the daily lifestyle started since childhood. The scope is to identify the perception of secondary school students from the Municipality of Resita regarding the importance of nutrition, sleep and physical activities in the development of a healthy lifestyle. Methods: The 575 participants are secondary school students from different schools located in the municipality of Resita. A com-bination of methods was used: bibliographical study, sociological survey, statistical-mathematical analysis and the graphical method. Results: The study shows that students’ perception of their health is “very good” and “good”, ac-cording to the answers given by the majority of the respondents. Conclusions: The study shows that although the contri-bution of nutrition, sleep and sports to young people’s health and well-being is well known, it still requires special edu-cation at a young age, involving schools, families and local authorities.