Investigation of the healthy lifestyle behaviors of individuals going to sports centers in terms of different variables

The aim of this study is to examine the healthy lifestyle behaviors of individuals who go to sports centers in terms of different variables. The population of the study consists of individuals who go to sports centers in Gaziantep, and the sample group consists of 403 individuals selected on a voluntary basis. As a data collection tool in the research; The "Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale II" developed by Bahar et al., (2008) was used. SPSS 22.0 program was used in the analysis of the data. After testing for normality and homogeneity, t-test for independent groups in paired groups, one-way analysis of variance and LSD post-hoc test correction were performed for variables with more than two groups. Values were presented as mean and standard deviation, and were analyzed at a significance level of 0.05. As a result of the research; While there was no significant difference in all sub-dimensions of the scale in terms of age variable, it was determined that there was a difference in terms of weight variable and participants between 51 and 60 kilograms scored more than other weight groups. While there was no difference in the scores obtained by the participants from the healthy lifestyle behaviors scale in terms of the marital status variable, it was determined that there was a significant difference in terms of the educational status variable and the healthy life skills increased as the education level increased. In addition, while there was no significant difference in the scores obtained by the participants from the healthy lifestyle behaviors scale according to the variable of how many times they went to the doctor in the last 1 year, it was determined that there was a significant difference in the health responsibility sub-dimension of the scale in terms of the chronic diseases variable. The scores obtained by the participants from the healthy lifestyle behaviors scale were not significant in all sub-dimensions of the scale in terms of smoking and alcohol use variables, and a significant difference was determined in the physical activity and exercise sub-dimensions of the scale according to the daily working time variable. According to the health status variable; It was concluded that there was a significant difference in the sub-dimensions of physical activity, nutrition, spiritual development and stress management.