The attitudes of individuals who do swimming exercise regarding healthy nutrition and investigation of exercise addiction

In this study; It aims to determine the role of swimming exercise in the increase and development of educational values, the evaluation of habits and traditions in terms of healthy nutrition and exercise addiction, and to determine the differences between some socio-demographic variables. The research population, Turkey is individuals who create regular swimming exercise in Ankara and the Iraqi province of Kirkuk. The sample consists of 76 men and 64 women who regularly do swimming exercise in Ankara and a total of 300 people, 80 men and 80 women, who do regular swimming exercises in Kirkuk. In the study, the Personal Information Form prepared by the researcher was used as the data collection tool, Attitude Scale for Healthy Nutrition (ASHN) to measure their attitudes towards healthy eating, and Exercise Dependence Scale (EDS) to determine the attitudes towards swimming exercise. Statistical analyzes were made with the SPSS 22 program. In the analysis, independent samples t-test and Mann Whitney-U test were used for paired comparisons, and one-way ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis H tests were used for comparing more than two groups. Differences between groups were tested with the Tukey post-hoc test. In addition, Pearson Correlation was used to determine whether there was a significant relationship between the attitudes of the sample group towards healthy eating and exercise dependence. As a result, those who do swimming exercise; It has been determined that he has a high level of attitude towards healthy eating and is in the risky group in exercise addiction. There was no significant relationship between socio-demographic variables and the mean scores of ASHN and EDS. In the findings, a relationship between the variables of the city they live in and marital status, education and exercise frequency variables and the mean scores of ASHN were determined.