Аннотация:The presented scientific article is devoted to the disclosure of the main features of the psychophysical state of the young generation living in the northern latitudes. Based on the results of diagnostic studies, the reasons for the extremely insufficient physical fitness of modern young people are revealed. With a general description of natural and climatic factors affecting human health, a comparative analysis of the physical condition of a person in the zone of favorable and unfavorable climate is presented to strengthen the human body in the course of its life. In the context of studying and revealing the factors that characterize the organization and life of young people in the North, the article proposes to conduct modern monitoring of the physical, moral and social health of modern youth. Based on its results in the conditions of higher educational institutions, some recommendations are made for a more effective organization of the educational process in teaching physical culture and creating conditions for a healthy lifestyle and psychophysical self-development of young people.