Abstract
Introduction and Objective: Nutrition is defined as the use of nutritional elements in the body for maintaining life and protecting health. Adequate and balanced procurement of energy and nutritional elements is necessary for individuals to be healthy. Undernutrition and malnutrition are important problems for Turkey and one of the groups frequently experiencing nutrition problems is university students. University life is the beginning of a new period also in terms of nutrition in the lives of young, just like in many other areas. In this period, students experience not only an adaptation to a new order, but also a faster lifestyle, which increases their unhealthy and irregular nutrition behaviors. This study was conducted for the purpose of determining the nutrition culture of university students. Material and Method: The data of the study were collected from 10057 students studying in Harran University Osmanbey Campus. It was decided to include 760 individuals in the sample by using a formula used in determining the sample in cases where the number of individuals in the population is known and taking the pattern effect as two. It was also decided to include 950 students in the sample as 20.0% of the sample would not be reached. An evaluation was made on the basis of information of 930 students (participation: 97.9%). The data were collected by applying a questionnaire containing questions for determining descriptive information and some socio-demographic characteristics of the students and food consumption frequency form via face-to-face interview technique. Statistical analysis of the data was conducted by using the analysis of variance and Chi-Square tests. Values of p
Highlights
Introduction and ObjectiveNutrition is defined as the use of nutritional elements in the body for maintaining life and protecting health
nutritional elements is necessary for individuals to be healthy. Undernutrition and malnutrition are important problems
University life is the beginning of a new period
Summary
Giriş ve Amaç: Yaşamın sürdürülmesi ve sağlığın korunması için besin öğelerinin vücutta kullanılmasına beslenme denir. Yetersiz ve dengesiz beslenme ülkemiz için önemli bir sorun olup, beslenme sorunlarının en fazla görüldüğü gruplardan biri üniversite öğrencileridir. Tüm öğrencilerin %38.5’i günde üç ana öğün ile beslenirken, 7.2’si ise sadece tek bir ana öğün ile beslenmektedir. Öğrencilerin%54.4’ü vakit olmadığı için öğün atladığını ifade etmektedir ve kadın öğrenciler ile erkek öğrenciler arasındaki fark anlamlıdır (p=0.000). Erkek öğrencilerin daha fazla öğün atladığı tespit edilmiştir. Kadın öğrencilerin %39.7’si hiç ara öğün almazken erkeklerde bu oran %48.2’dir (p=0.001).Kadın öğrenciler (%68.6) erkek öğrencilere (%45.7) göre daha fazla ayaküstü (fastfood) beslenmektedir (p=0.000). Sonuç: Öğrencilerin önemli bir kısmı ana öğün atlamakta olup ayaküstü tarzı beslenme oranı yüksektir. Sağlıklı bir yaşam ve akademik başarı için düzenli beslenmenin önemini anlatan eğitim seminerlerinin yapılması ve ders müfredatında bu konulara ayrılan sürenin artırılması önerilmektedir
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