International Conference on Eurasian Economies
9-11 September 2015 – Kazan, RUSSIA
Paper detail
Paper ID : 1327
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Sectoral Analyses
Presenter: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sarıışık
Session : 4B Tarım Ekonomisi
What Constraints Do the Students have for Nutrition Habits? A Research on Higher Education Students
Öğrencilerin Beslenme Alışkanlıklarına Dair Kısıtlar Nelerdir? Yükseköğrenim Öğrencileri Üzerine Bir Araştırma
- Prof. Dr. Orhan Batman (Sakarya University, Türkiye)
- Prof. Dr. Mehmet Sarıışık (Sakarya Applied Sciences University, Türkiye)
- Ph.D. candidate Akif Gökçe (Sakarya University, Türkiye)
Abstract
Heirs of future and potential tourists, students face with various difficulties during university period. The very primary step of physiological needs, eating habits and constraints, of such a wide audience who are supposed to be at the top of self-realization is an issue that is carefully be focused on. The aim of this study which tries to investigate Bartın Vocational School students’ tendency and constraints on nutrition is to search and identify daily main meals and snacks of students; to determine body-mass index on age basis;; and to evaluate the arguments whether interdependent variables such as economic level, place of residence and gender which are allegedly affect nutritional care have influence on food choice. This study is considered important because it assesses dietary habits and tendencies of consumers with different levels of opportunity and limited incomes. In this context, secondary data have been given in theoretical framework. Primary data, on the other hand, have been obtained through a questionnaire that is compiled from various sources. Research problem and hypotheses have been tested by parametric test Independent-Samples T Test and frequency analysis. As results of the research, the findings that students do not have adequate nutrition awareness though their body-mass index is in normal range; that they consume fast food particularly during the day; and that this situation leads to the so-called morbid obesity health problems have been discussed. In addition, policy recommendations and suggestions have been made in this regard.
JEL codes: P46, D12, D31
Batman, Orhan, Sarıışık, Mehmet, Gökçe, Akif (2015). "What Constraints Do the Students have for Nutrition Habits? A Research on Higher Education Students" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2015, pp.257-265, Kazan, RUSSIA.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C06.01327
