Accelerated Aging as a Risk of Education Digitalization: Possibilities for Prevention

Abstract

The work is devoted to analyzing the negative effects of digitalizing education and considering the possibilities for their prevention. The urgency of this problem under the current conditions of combating the novel-coronavirus-infection pandemic and moving a significant part of education and leisure to the virtual space is noted. A significant increase in the frequency of mental and physical maladjustment symptoms, a decrease in performance indicators and a deterioration of the biological-age parameters are recorded in participants in the experiment against the background of a deficit in physical activity and an increase in the duration of information consumption. The geroprotective effect of correcting the lifestyle of students with an emphasis on the use of such health-preserving elements of behavior as informational hygiene, strict compliance with recommendations for optimizing sleep, rest, motor and nutritional regimens, in terms of qualitative and quantitative indicators (with the exception of bad habits and excessive entertainment), is shown.