PhD O.V. Glazyrina
Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don

Objective of the study is to identify the distinctive features of Russian and American state policy in the field of introducing the younger generation to the values of a healthy lifestyle, using the example of the physical culture and health complex ‘Ready for Labour and Defence’ (GTO) and the system for assessing the physical fitness of students ‘FitnessGram’.
Methods and structure of the study. The theoretical basis was provided by Russian and foreign studies on the stated subject. The information and empirical basis of the study was provided by the official websites of the All-Russian Physical Culture and Health Complex ‘Ready for Labour and Defence’ (GTO) – https://www.gto.ru/; the FitnessGram system for assessing students' physical fitness – https://www.fitnessgram.net/; and regulatory and legal documents governing their implementation.
Results and conclusions. A comparative analysis of the Ready for Labour and Defence (GTO) physical education and health complex and the FitnessGram student physical fitness assessment system was carried out based on the following components: target, management, and programme and methodology. Defining the GTO complex as a national system for the physical education of Russian citizens, we believe that more active research and organisational measures are needed to integrate the GTO complex into the education system and develop mechanisms for involving parents in the physical education of their children.

Keywords: GTO complex, FitnessGram, healthy lifestyle, government policy, Russia, USA.

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