Investigation of the mindfulness eating and orthorexia nervosa symptoms among those who sport in gym

This research is done to examine mindfulness eating and symptoms of Orthorexia Nervosa on those who sport in gym. Since the automatic eating effect will decrease in individuals who gain awareness of eating, healthy life and body weight control can be achieved with disregard of body cravings. Regular physical activity, adequate and balanced nutrition are two important factors for human health. In sports individuals, attention and attention to healthy eating is high. For this reason, the sample of the study was chosen as a gym. The sample of the study consisted of 350 individuals over age of 18 who did sports in Adana Bilfen Sports Plaza. A questionnaire including personal information form, ''Mindful Eating Scale (MES-30)'' and ''ORTO-15 (Orthorexia Nervosa Symptoms Scale)'' were applied to the participants. Who go to the gym regularly; there is a positive and significant relation was found between age and food selection and eating attitude (r=0,22; p<0,05). There is a negative relationship between concerns about healthy eating and mindfulness (r=-0,24; p<0,05) and eating discipline (r=-0,35; p<0,05). There is a positive and significant relationship between concerns about healthy eating and conscious eating (r=0,15; p<0,05). There is a negative relationship between nutritional selection, eating attitude scores and eating without thinking (r=-0,24; p<0,05), emotional eating scores (r=-0,22; p<0,05). There is a positive correlation between nutritional selection value scores and interference (r=0,13; p<0,05), eating without thinking (r=0,11; p<0,05). There is a negative relationship between food selection and value scores and eating discipline (r=-0,20; p<0,05), conscious nutrition (r=-0,25; p<0,05) and mindfulness eating scores (r=-0,12; p<0,05). There is a negative relationship between ORTO-15 scale scores and emotional eating (r=-0,16; p<0,05), eating discipline (r=-0,15; p<0,05) and conscious nutrition scores (r=-0,31; p<0,05). Who doesn't go to gym; there is a negative and significant relationship between age and thinking without thinking (r=-0,30; p<0,05). There is a negative relationship between weight and conscious nutrition points (r=-0,15; p<0,05). There is a positive relationship between mindfulness and concerns about healthy eating (r=0,31; p<0,05). There is a positive correlation between food selection and eating attitude scores and mindfulness scores (r=0,25; p<0,05). There is a positive correlation between food selection and eating without thinking (r=0,26; p<0,05), mindfulness (r=0,40; p<0,05) and interference scores (r=0,30; p<0,05). There is a negative correlation between food selection and value scores and eating uncontrolled scores (r=-0,25; p<0,05). There is a positive correlation between ORTO-15 scale scores and mindfulness scores (r=0,39; p<0,05). Orthorexia nervosa symptoms scale (ORTO-15) score of the participants was 2.38 ± 0.37; Orthorexia Nervosa Symptoms Scale (ORTO-15) score of the participants who do not do sports is 2.41 ± 0.40. Mindful Eating Scale (MES-30) scores of the participants were 3.42 ± 0.50; Mindful Eating Scale (MES-30) score of the participants who did not do sports was 3.36 ± 0.43. ORTO-15 and sub-dimension scores of the status of doing sports; It was found that MES-30 Scale and thoughtless eating, emotional eating, conscious eating and interference sub-dimensions did not affect the scores (p> 0.05). No statistically significant relationship was found between Orthorexia Nervosa and Mindful Eating according to ORTO-15 and MES-30 scales of non-sports individuals (r = 0; p> 0.05). As a result, it was found that ORTO-15 and MES-30 results did not affect each other.