摘要：Research aim: to increase university students' level of knowledge,skills and proper eating behavior,using the project method when performing unsupervised activities on the discipline «Physical culture». Materials and methods. The work was carried out among students studying at the Irkutsk National Research Technical University (Russia). The experimental (n=84) and control groups (n=72) were selected to perform individual independent work on the discipline «Physical culture» on the topic «Student's proper and rational nutrition fundamentals». Students of the experimental group (EG) performed a practice-oriented long-term monoproject,girls from the control group (CG) were asked to perform independent work using the traditional method in the form of a summary message on the same topic. A survey was conducted and the Quetelet II (body mass) index was calculated for all female students at the beginning and end of the experiment. Research results. It was found that the students from the EG significantly improved their eating behavior compared with the students of CG. By the end of the experiment,female students of EG compared to CG showed higher growth rates of indicators,characterizing a healthy diet. A positive aspect of the project activity is the reduction of overweight and obesity indicator value,average weight indicator and the number of overweight students compared to CG (p <0.05). The students of EG have better mastered the theoretical section of the discipline compared to the students of CG. Conclusion. The obtained results of project activities can be recommended for use in educational process in «Independent work» section for creating other similar projects related to students' health.
关键词：health;eating behavior;project method;healthy diet;educational process (4 - 6 words)
