INVESTIGATION OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HABITS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

ABSTRACTAim: This research was conducted in order to determine the nutrition knowledge and habits of the students who are studying at Isparta Vocational School of Health Services, Suleyman Demirel University. Methods: 116 students studying at the university have participated in the research voluntarily. A questionnaire consisting of 36 questions was administered to determine participants' knowledge and habits about nutrition. In the analysis of the obtained data, frequency analyses were performed using statistical package program. Results: At the end of the study, it was determined that most of the participants had sufficient knowledge about nutrition, food items, the importance of nutrition and how a good nutrition should be. However, it has been found that the ratio of those who have inadequate knowledge about calorie intake and those who are fed with inadequate meals are at a level not to be underestimated.Conclusions: In the light of these findings, we can say that vocational high school students should make more efforts to reflect the nutritional knowledge in daily life.

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Nutrition; habits; university; students.

INVESTIGATION OF NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND HABITS OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Objective: This research was conducted in order to determine the nutrition knowledge and habits of the students who are studying at Isparta Vocational School of Health Services, Suleyman Demirel University. Methods: 116 students studying at the university have participated in the research voluntarily. A questionnaire consisting of 36 questions was administered to determine participants' knowledge and habits about nutrition. In the analysis of the obtained data, frequency analyses were performed using statistical package program (SPSS 15.0). Results: At the end of the study, it was determined that most of the participants had sufficient knowledge about nutrition, food items, the importance of nutrition and how a good nutrition should be. However, it has been found that the ratio of those who have inadequate knowledge about calorie intake and those who are fed with inadequate meals are at a level not to be underestimated. Conclusions: In the light of these findings, we can say that vocational high school students should make more efforts to reflect the nutritional knowledge in daily life.

Keywords:

Nutrition, Habits, University Students,

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