Justification for the system of corrective measures to improve the physical condition of adolescent girls through health-enhancing recreational physical activity

Abstract

Deviations from the body weight norm are becoming increasingly common among children. This is an urgent problem that limits the health level of a significant number of children, adolescents, and youth, which requires urgent intervention. The aim of the study was to create a system of corrective measures to improve the physical condition of underweight adolescent girls through health-enhancing recreational physical activity. To find out the peculiarities of designing a comprehensive programme of health-enhancing activities for underweight girls, an expert assessment was conducted, which included methodological features of developing programmes based on the use of health fitness and criteria for programme effectiveness. The involvement of experts in the study allowed to identify approaches that are appropriate to use for correcting physical conditions in 12-13-year-old underweight girls. It was found that the most effective approaches are regular physical exercise and changes in eating behaviour. The most effective means of improving physical condition, according to experts, are strength fitness, functional training, dance aerobics, and stretching. The results of the expert assessment showed that the system of corrective measures should include physical exercises, including health fitness, psychological correction, and motivational training. The methodological features and criteria for the effectiveness of the system of corrective measures were identified, and the experts’ opinions on these issues were consistent. The obtained data became the basis for building a programme of health-enhancing activities, the distinctive features of which are the consideration of the physical condition and physical activity of underweight girls. The developed programme should be implemented in practice as a part of extracurricular physical education activities, which will improve the physical development, fitness, and performance of secondary school girls