Evaluation of physical activity and healthy nutrition habits of university students

The population of the study consists of students from different faculties studying at Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University. The sample of the research consists of 155 people from the Faculty of Sports Sciences and 81 people from the Faculty of Fine Arts, totaling 236 people in Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University. In order to evaluate the healthy eating habits of the participants, a nutrition questionnaire developed by Çetin (2020), consisting of 15 questions questioning socio-demographic information and 29 questions questioning eating habits, was used. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (Short) consisting of 7 items was applied to determine physical activity levels. IMB SPSS package program was used to analyze the data. In the comparison of the physical activity levels of the students according to the department variable, it was determined that the physical activity levels of the Coaching Department were 4980.43 MET- min / week, 5672.07 MET- min / week of the Teaching Department, 2156.89 MET- min / week of the Music Department and 2089.56 MET- min / week of the Painting Department. In the comparison between the groups, it was concluded that there was a statistically significant difference between the Coaching, Painting and Music departments in favor of the Coaching department, and between the Teaching, Music and Painting departments in favor of the Teaching department. In the comparison of the physical activity levels of the students according to the Faculty variable, it was determined that the physical activity levels of the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences were 5274.94 MET- min / Week, the physical activity levels of the students of the Faculty of Fine Arts were 2123.64 MET- min / Week and there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups in favor of the Sports Sciences students. In the study, it was determined that the physical activity level of male students was 4755.5 MET- min / week, female students were 3685.5 MET- min / week and there was no difference in the comparison of physical activity levels according to gender variable. In the study, it was determined that 82.7% of Sports Sciences students exercised, while 62.0% of Fine Arts students did not exercise. It was determined that 36.0% of the participants consumed between 1-2 L of water per day. In the study, it was determined that 49.4% of Sports Sciences students had irregular breakfast habits, and 53.7% of Fine Arts students had irregular breakfast habits. In the study, it was determined that 88.4% of Sports Sciences students ate out, while 90.7% of Fine Arts students ate out. In the study, it was concluded that 47.7% of Sports Sciences students consumed their snacks in the afternoon, while 41.9% of Fine Arts students consumed snacks at night. In the study, it was determined that 95.3% of Sports Sciences students thought that healthy nutrition was beneficial, while 90.5% of Fine Arts students thought that healthy nutrition was beneficial. Key words: Nutrition, Physical activity