Attitudes of students of the faculty of sports sciences and other university students about HEALTHY eating

In this study, it was aimed to determine the healthy eating attitudes of the students of the Faculty of Sports Sciences (SBF), Faculty of Fine Arts (GSF) and State Conservatory (KON) within the body of Afyon Kocatepe University, which admit students with a special talent exam. In line with the purpose, the personal information form and the Healthy Eating Attitude Scale developed by Tekkurşun and Cicioğlu (2019) were applied to a total of 609 university students, 280 female and 329 male, who attended SBF, GSF and KON in the 2021-2022 academic year and participated in our research on a voluntary basis. The research was carried out in the general scanning model. In the analysis of data; Demographic characteristics of the participants were shown as descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test was used to determine the significant difference between the two groups. One-way analysis of variance was used to elucidate the difference between more than two groups. In addition, the tukey test, which is one of the multiple comparison tests, was used to determine the source of the difference as a result of the analysis of variance, and the Chi-square analysis was used to determine the relationships between the variables. The significance level was taken as α=.05. As a result of the research, it was determined that SBF students' attitudes towards healthy eating were more positive than FFA and KON students, smoking and alcohol use among SBF students was lower than GSF and KON students, and SBF students' physical satisfaction levels were higher than GSF and KON students. In the study, it was also determined that there were statistical differences in the attitudes of the students towards healthy eating according to all the variables discussed in the study, except for the income level. It was determined that female students compared to male students, those who received nutrition education compared to those who did not, those who live in other places compared to those who live in dormitories, those who skip meals than those who do not skip meals, those who are satisfied with their physical appearance compared to those who do not smoke and those who do not use alcohol have more positive attitudes towards healthy eating than those who use it.