Comparison of the healthy lifestyle behaviors of resident russian women and their children in antalya with their turkish peers

Objective: The aim of this research is to compare the healthy lifestyle behaviors of Russian women residing in Antalya and their primary school children with their Turkish peers. Method: Russian 76 women and their primary school children and 122 Turkish peers were recruited with purposive sampling, which is a descriptive comparative type. The data of the women were measured by the Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Scale, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IFAA), the data of the children were measured by the Nutritional Behavior Scale (NBS) and the Child Physical Activity Questionnaire. Questionnaires have used in participants' native languages. Results: Healthy lifestyle behaviors of Russian women were different from their Turkish peers. Significant differences found that Russian women are better about health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition and interpersonal relations than Turkish peers. It was determined that Russians got the highest score on nutrition, the lowest score on stress management besides Turkish peers got highest score in spiritual development and the lowest score on physical activity subdimension. Russian women's FAA mean scores were higher than their Turkish peers. The difference between the mean NBS score of Russian and Turkish children is significant. It has been found that Russian children consume more healthy food than their Turkish peers. Russian children's weekend and leisure time FA scores were higher than their Turkish peers, and Turkish children's FA scores during lunch break were higher than their Russian peers. There wasn't any significant difference FAA total score average. A weak correlation was found between the nutritional behaviors, body mass index and physical activity and a strong correlation was found between the FAA of women and the FA of children depending on the day. Conclusion: Differences were found about lifestyle behaviors under the influence of cultural background. It should be better to research more deeply in future studies. Key words: Women, child, healthy lifestyle, physical activity, cross-cultural comparison.