Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
PROGRESS IN NUTRITION, cilt.23, sa.3, 2021 (SCI-Expanded)
The evaluation of nutritional habits is important for the development of healthy and quality life as well as for nutrition education for all individuals. This study aimed to examine the relationship between gender, department at school and the status of being an active athlete with eating habits of the students of Manisa Celal Bayar University Sports Faculty. A total of 366 students, 118 females and 248 males, studying at MCBU Sports Faculty, participated in this study. Age, height, body weight values of the students were determined, body mass index (BMI) values were calculated and eating habits test questionnaire was applied. SPSS 20 software was used to analyze the data. An independent t test was used to determine the difference between students' eating habits and gender and professional athlete status, and a one-way Anova test was used to determine the relationship between nutritional habits and departments. Mean age, height, body weight, and body mass index (BMI) of the students were found to be 22.14 +/- 2.22 years in females, 23.89 +/- 4.11 years in males; 168.49 +/- 7.38 cm in females and 179.04 +/- 12.56 cm in males; 62.68 +/- 11.85 kg in females and 78.6 +/- 10.64 kg in males; 22.37 +/- 3.63 (kg/m2) in females and 24.67 +/- 2.98 (kg/m2) in males, respectively. Nutritional habits score (NHS) was found as 113.59 +/- 27.96 in females and 111.9 +/- 19.31 in males. There was no statistically significant relationship between gender and eating habits (p>0.05) and between male and female students' eating habits. it was found that there was no difference between the nutritional habits of the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences of MCBU, when evaluated according to their gender, their department at school, and their status of being an active athlete. In conclusion, it was observed that students have neutral eating habits, that is, they practice healthy nutritional habits as much as unhealthy eating habits. It can be said that students alternate between healthy eating and unhealthy eating habits and their healthy eating levels are at a risky level.