Investigation of Nutrition-Exercise Behaviors of Students Studying at the Faculty of Sports Sciences

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The aim of this research is to investigate the nutrition-exercise behaviors of students studying at the Faculty of Sports Sciences. The research data were obtained using a survey. The research group consists of 472 students, 304 of whom are men and 168 of whom are women, studying at the Faculty of Sports Sciences of Bingol University. As a data collection tool in the study, the ‘personal information form’ and the ‘Nutri-tion-Exercise Behavior Scale’ (BÖDÖ), which was prepared by the researchers Yurt et al. (2016), were used. To test the hypotheses of the research, percentage, frequency, mean, and standard deviation values were used as descriptive distribution distributions. The values of skewness and kurtosis were taken into account in assessing the normality assumptions. A T-test was used for binary variables, and one-way analysis of variance (one-way ANOVA) was used for more than two groups. To find the differences, the LSD test was preferred among the post-hoc analyses. In addition, Pearson correlation analysis was performed for the relationships between the variables. As a result, it has been seen that as age progresses, attention is paid to meal order and healthy nutrition, and male students eat more unhealthily than female students. Besides, university canteens should offer healthier food to students instead of ready meals or convenience foods and also provide regular sports field opportunities, provided by the university, to their students.