Sports Sciences Students’ Attitudes towards Healthy Nutrition and Nutrition Literacy

Hilal Ertürk Yaşar

Makale detayları

Sports Sciences Students’ Attitudes towards Healthy Nutrition and Nutrition Literacy

Yazarlar:

Hilal Ertürk Yaşar

Yayıncı:

Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Ana Başlıklar:

Spor Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.1150-1158

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295815

pISSN:

1694-7215

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Özet:

 In the transition to university life, students may exhibit inadequate and unbalanced nutrition due to reasons such as timelessness, lack of knowledge, preferring cheap foodstuffs, turning to more processed food, and increasing alcohol and cigarette use. As students receive education in nutrition and health, their nutritional literacy levels and attitudes toward healthy nutrition can increase. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the attitudes and nutritional literacy levels of the Faculty of Sports Sciences students toward healthy eating. One hundred forty-seven students studying at SBF were included in the study. Socio-demographic information, Adult Nutrition Literacy Assessment Tool with Attitude towards Healthy Eating Scale responses were collected from the study participants. Within the scope of the research, it was found that the nutritional literacy levels between classes were in favor of the 4th graders p.05. When the nutritional literacy levels were analyzed by gender, it was determined that women made a statistically significant difference in all sub-dimensions except Reading Comprehension p.05. When classes analyzed the attitude scale towards healthy eating total scores of the participants, a significant difference was seen between the groups p.05; there was no significant difference between the genders p.05. As a result of the research, it is thought that the level of nutrition literacy should be increased with training in the students of the Sports Science Faculty and healthy eating behaviors should be supported, especially in athletes. According to the study, it is thought that if adults are given training on general nutrition, portioning, reading food labels, and numerical literacy, especially at a young age, it will help people develop positive attitudes toward healthy eating.

 In the transition to university life, students may exhibit inadequate and unbalanced nutrition due to reasons such as timelessness, lack of knowledge, preferring cheap foodstuffs, turning to more processed food, and increasing alcohol and cigarette use. As students receive education in nutrition and health, their nutritional literacy levels and attitudes toward healthy nutrition can increase. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the attitudes and nutritional literacy levels of the Faculty of Sports Sciences students toward healthy eating. One hundred forty-seven students studying at SBF were included in the study. Socio-demographic information, Adult Nutrition Literacy Assessment Tool with Attitude towards Healthy Eating Scale responses were collected from the study participants. Within the scope of the research, it was found that the nutritional literacy levels between classes were in favor of the 4th graders p.05. When the nutritional literacy levels were analyzed by gender, it was determined that women made a statistically significant difference in all sub-dimensions except Reading Comprehension p.05. When classes analyzed the attitude scale towards healthy eating total scores of the participants, a significant difference was seen between the groups p.05; there was no significant difference between the genders p.05. As a result of the research, it is thought that the level of nutrition literacy should be increased with training in the students of the Sports Science Faculty and healthy eating behaviors should be supported, especially in athletes. According to the study, it is thought that if adults are given training on general nutrition, portioning, reading food labels, and numerical literacy, especially at a young age, it will help people develop positive attitudes toward healthy eating.

 In the transition to university life, students may exhibit inadequate and unbalanced nutrition due to reasons such as timelessness, lack of knowledge, preferring cheap foodstuffs, turning to more processed food, and increasing alcohol and cigarette use. As students receive education in nutrition and health, their nutritional literacy levels and attitudes toward healthy nutrition can increase. Accordingly, this study aimed to examine the attitudes and nutritional literacy levels of the Faculty of Sports Sciences students toward healthy eating. One hundred forty-seven students studying at SBF were included in the study. Socio-demographic information, Adult Nutrition Literacy Assessment Tool with Attitude towards Healthy Eating Scale responses were collected from the study participants. Within the scope of the research, it was found that the nutritional literacy levels between classes were in favor of the 4th graders p.05. When the nutritional literacy levels were analyzed by gender, it was determined that women made a statistically significant difference in all sub-dimensions except Reading Comprehension p.05. When classes analyzed the attitude scale towards healthy eating total scores of the participants, a significant difference was seen between the groups p.05; there was no significant difference between the genders p.05. As a result of the research, it is thought that the level of nutrition literacy should be increased with training in the students of the Sports Science Faculty and healthy eating behaviors should be supported, especially in athletes. According to the study, it is thought that if adults are given training on general nutrition, portioning, reading food labels, and numerical literacy, especially at a young age, it will help people develop positive attitudes toward healthy eating.

 Üniversite yaşantısına geçişte öğrenciler zaman yetersizliği, bilgi eksiliği, düşük maliyetli gıda maddelerini tercih etme, işlenmiş gıdaya yönelim, artan alkol ve sigara kullanımı gibi nedenlerden yetersiz ve dengesiz beslenme sergileyebilmektedir. Öğrenciler, beslenme ve sağlık alanında eğitim aldıkça beslenme okuryazarlık düzeyleri ve sağlıklı beslenmeye ilişkin tutumlarının arttıracağı düşünülmektedir. Bu bağlamda, çalışmada Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi öğrencilerinin sağlıklı beslenmeye yönelik tutumları ve beslenme okuryazarlık düzeylerinin incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmaya spor bilimlerinde öğrenim gören 147 öğrenci dahil edilmiş olup bu öğrencilerin demografik bilgileri, Yetişkinlerde Beslenme Okuryazarlık Değerlendirme Aracı ile Sağlıklı Beslenmeye İlişkin Tutum Ölçeğine verdiği cevaplar toplanmıştır. Yapılan araştırma kapsamında, sınıflar arası beslenme okuryazarlık düzeylerinin 4. sınıfların lehine olduğu tespit edilmiştir p.05. Beslenme okuryazarlık düzeyleri cinsiyetlere göre incelendiğinde ise kadınların okuduğunu anlama dışındaki tüm alt boyutlarda istatistiksel açıdan anlamlı fark oluşturduğu belirlenmiştir p.05. Katılımcıların sağlıklı beslenmeye ilişkin tutum ölçeği puanları sınıflara göre incelendiğinde gruplar arasında anlamlı fark görülürken p.05 cinsiyetler arası anlamlı fark görülmemiştir p.05. Yapılan araştırmanın sonucunda, beslenme okuryazarlığı seviyesinin Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi öğrencilerinde eğitimlerle dahada arttırılması ve sağlıklı beslenme davranışlarının özellikle sporcularda desteklenmesi gerektiği düşünülmektedir. Yapılan çalışmaya göre, yetişkinlere özellikle genç yaşta genel beslenme, porsiyonlama, gıda etiketlerini okuma ve sayısal okuryazarlık konularında eğitim verilmesinin insanların sağlıklı beslenmeye yönelik olumlu tutum geliştirmelerine yardımcı olacağı düşünülüyor.

Makale detayları

Sports Sciences Students’ Attitudes towards Healthy Nutrition and Nutrition Literacy

Yazarlar:

Hilal Ertürk Yaşar

Yayıncı:

Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Ana Başlıklar:

Spor Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.1150-1158

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295815

pISSN:

1694-7215

Healthy Eating

Nutrition Literacy

Nutritional Attitude

Faculty of Sport SciencesSağlıklı Beslenme

Beslenme Okuryazarlığı

Beslenme Tutumu

Spor Bilimleri Fakültesi

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Hilal Ertürk Yaşar

Yayıncı: Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Ana Başlıklar: Spor Sosyolojisi

Dergi: MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.1150-1158

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 7/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001295815

pISSN: 1694-7215

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Hilal Ertürk Yaşar

Yayıncı:

Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University

Ana Başlıklar:

Spor Sosyolojisi

Dergi:

MANAS Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi Vol.12 Issue 3, pp.1150-1158

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

7/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001295815

pISSN:

1694-7215