High school team in the Şırnak pursue their activity in the city of students assessment of nutritional knowledge level and habits

The aim of the research is to measure the knowledge level of nourishment and to find out the nourishment habits of the students who are active in the school teams of the high-schools of Sirnak province. General scanning method is used to perform this research. The sample of this research is limited with the students who are active in the school teams of the high-schools of Sirnak province. However the scope of the research is made up with the students who are active in the school teams of all the high-schools of Turkey. The questionnaire which is used in the research is developed by taking the examples of the previous works after the search of the literature scanning related to the topic (Parlak, 2009; Yıldırım, 2009; Duman, 2011). Statistical evaluation was made with the SPSS 22.0 program (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) The data of the research is presented as mean, standard deviation and frequency values. According to the provided results it was found that there are some points that are needed to be improved on the nourishment habits of the athletes who are high school students and that the general or athlete nourishment level knowledge is on avarage level. Especially having the life long habits of the nourishment for the athletes who are high school students will have positive effects not only on their growing up and development but also on their health when they are adults and their performance while carrying out their sports. For this reason, it can be recommended to give effective education about nourishment to the students, trainers, PE teachers and their families by the experts. Key words: high school, student, athlete, nourishment, habits, knowledge level