HEALTH AND WELLNESS 3/2014 WELLNESS AND FAMILY CHAPTER IV 1 Department of Dental Anatomy Medical University of Wrocław Zakład Anatomii Stomatologicznej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu 2 Department of Tourism and Recreation WSB of Wrocław Zakład Turystyki i Rekreacji WSB we Wrocławiu 3 Department of Normal Anatomy Medical University of Wrocław Katedra i Zakład Anatomii Prawidłowej Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu WIESŁAW KURLEJ 1 , JACEK ZBOROWSKI 1 , KATARZYNA STASZAK 1 , BOŻENA KURC-DARAK 1 , KAMIL NELKE 1 , KATARZYNA POPIS 2 , BOHDAN GWORYS 3 , MICHAŁPORWOLIK 3 The countermeasures for the dangers to the modern family through popularizing a pro-health lifestyle Przeciwdziałanie zagrożeniom współczesnej rodziny poprzez propagowanie prozdrowotnego stylu życia Słowa kluczowe: styl życia, rodzina, zagrożenia Key words: lifestyle, family, dangers The modern family is vulnerable to many dangers which are determined by di- verse causes - mainly the economical ones. The so called civilization changes lead to the breakup of family relationships, which have many negative consequences. Re- cently, it is magnified by sociological manipulations, which interfere with the tradi- tional model of a family. One of the factors integrating a modern family is a shared physical activity and tourism [3]. The problems connected to the disintegration of the family are most common in the very poor families, where pathologies caused by economical reasons are very often, however, the disintegration happens in the fami- lies of a high life standard as well- such a standard is often caused by the infraction of family relationship [1]. Thanks to the physical recreation there is a way for the use of gained financial resources and for the whole family to spend free time togeth- er.