Sport and healthy lifestyle as a condition for sustainable development

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of sports development as one of the key means of popularizing a healthy lifestyle among the population in the context of sustainable development. General scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization) and specific scientific methods (sociological and historical) were used during the research. The article presents the results of a survey of people who live in Yekaterinburg and are over the age of 18 (N=118, 2023) regarding sports and a healthy lifestyle. Special attention is paid to sports and its impact on national identity and economic development of the state. The role of the state in the development of sports and physical culture is also analyzed. The problems that negatively affect the development of sports and, as a result, its use as a means of spreading a healthy lifestyle are highlighted. It is concluded that the solution of the accumulated problems in the field of sports is possible only thanks to the joint efforts of the state, business community and population.