Health belief regarding leisure time physical activity and nutritional attitude: are they related in athletic and sedentary university students

Ustun N., ÜSTÜN Ü. D., IŞIK U., Yapici A.

PROGRESS IN NUTRITION, cilt.22, ss.156-160, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Doi Numarası: 10.23751/pn.v22i1-s.9810
  • Dergi Adı: PROGRESS IN NUTRITION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, EMBASE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.156-160
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Health Belief, Leisure-Time Physical Activity, Nutrition, Malnutrition, Sedentary, DIETARY BEHAVIORS, BENEFITS, ASSOCIATIONS, SAMPLE
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Study Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the differences in the perception of health belief regarding leisure-time physical activity and nutritional attitudes of athletic and sedentary university students. Besides, analyzing the correlations between the phenomena was another aim. Materials and Method: The study was designed as a cross-sectional quantitative study, and 286 university students from Hatay Mustafa Kemal University participated in the study. In analyzes of the data independent samples t-test and Partial Correlation analyzes were used. Results: As a result, this study showed that only self-efficacy makes a difference in the health belief regarding leisure-time physical activity for the athletes. Besides, the health belief regarding leisure-time physical activity and nutritional attitude correlates in both athletic and sedentary samples. Conclusion: To achieve substantive health benefits, efforts to increase leisure time physical activity and healthy nutritional attitudes should be encouraged.