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                                                                <journal-id>igusabder</journal-id>
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                                                                                    <journal-title>İstanbul Gelişim Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi</journal-title>
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                            <issn pub-type="ppub">2536-4499</issn>
                                        <issn pub-type="epub">2602-2605</issn>
                                                                                            <publisher>
                    <publisher-name>İstanbul Gelisim University</publisher-name>
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                                        <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.38079/igusabder.1647891</article-id>
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                                                            <subject>Nutrition and Dietetics (Other)</subject>
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                                            <subj-group  xml:lang="tr">
                                                            <subject>Beslenme ve Diyetetik (Diğer)</subject>
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                                                                                                                        <article-title>Obesity and Hedonic Hunger: Associations with Healthy Eating Attitudes and Nutrition Knowledge</article-title>
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                                    <trans-title>Obezite ve Hedonik Açlık: Sağlıklı Beslenme Tutumu ve Beslenme Bilgisi ile İlişkisi</trans-title>
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                                                                        <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2765-2677</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Demirbaş Bilen</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ayşe Betül</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İSTANBUL ATLAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, BESLENME VE DİYETETİK BÖLÜMÜ</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1074-7106</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Metin</surname>
                                    <given-names>Eda Hanım</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1967-5764</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Alınlı</surname>
                                    <given-names>Fulya İlayda</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3592-4645</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Kar</surname>
                                    <given-names>Beyzanur</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3468-8253</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Avuncan</surname>
                                    <given-names>Sena</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8464-0755</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Öztürk</surname>
                                    <given-names>Özgül Sude</given-names>
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                                                                    <aff>İstanbul Atlas Üniversitesi</aff>
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                                                    <contrib contrib-type="author">
                                                                    <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">
                                        https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5823-617X</contrib-id>
                                                                <name>
                                    <surname>Emirhüseyinoğlu Çalık</surname>
                                    <given-names>Ayşenur</given-names>
                                </name>
                                                                    <aff>İSTANBUL ATLAS ÜNİVERSİTESİ, SAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ FAKÜLTESİ, BESLENME VE DİYETETİK BÖLÜMÜ</aff>
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                                        <pub-date pub-type="pub" iso-8601-date="20260429">
                    <day>04</day>
                    <month>29</month>
                    <year>2026</year>
                </pub-date>
                                                    <issue>28</issue>
                                        <fpage>330</fpage>
                                        <lpage>344</lpage>
                        
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                                    <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="20250227">
                        <day>02</day>
                        <month>27</month>
                        <year>2025</year>
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                                                    <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="20260324">
                        <day>03</day>
                        <month>24</month>
                        <year>2026</year>
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                    <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2017, Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences</copyright-statement>
                    <copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
                    <copyright-holder>Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Health Sciences</copyright-holder>
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                                                                                                <abstract><p>Aim: This study aims to compare the hedonic hunger, attitudes towards healthy eating, and nutritional knowledge levels of adult obese individuals with those of healthy individuals.Method: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted between November 2024 and December 2024 with 198 obese participants and 198 healthy participants with a normal body mass index residing in the Kağıthane district. The participants were administered the General Information Form, the Attitude Scale for Healthy Nutrition (ASHN), the Nutrition Knowledge Scale (NKS), and the Power of Food Scale (PFS). Data were collected through an online survey method using Google Forms and analyzed using the SPSS 25.0 software.Results: A significant relationship was found between the total score average of the Attitudes Towards Healthy Eating Scale (ASHN) and its subdimensions—poor eating, positive eating, and emotional attitudes towards eating—in obese individuals based on hedonic hunger (p&amp;lt;0.05). A significant relationship was also observed between hedonic hunger and the total score of the Nutrition Knowledge Scale (NKS) in obese individuals (p&amp;lt;0.05). Among healthy individuals, significant differences were detected in the subdimensions of poor eating and emotional attitudes towards eating related to hedonic hunger (p&amp;lt;0.05), while no significant difference was found in the total NKS scores (p&amp;gt;0.05). In healthy individuals, participants with hedonic hunger had lower total ASHN scores and lower subdimension scores for poor eating and emotional attitudes towards eating compared to those without hedonic hunger (p&amp;lt;0.05).Conclusion: It was observed that the healthy eating attitudes and nutritional knowledge levels of obese individuals differed significantly from those of healthy individuals. Additionally, obese individuals were found to have higher levels of hedonic hunger, which was negatively associated with attitudes and behaviors supporting healthy eating and appeared to undermine healthy eating behaviors. These findings highlight that hedonic hunger is a critical factor that should not be overlooked in combating obesity and suggest that increasing knowledge alone may not be sufficient. Accordingly, interventions aimed at managing hedonic hunger levels are important for obesity prevention and management. Within the scope of obesity prevention and management strategies, it is considered beneficial to develop nutrition education programs alongside interventions targeting hedonic hunger and to establish health policies that promote healthy eating attitudes. Further research on this subject would be valuable, particularly to clarify the direction of the relationship between hedonic hunger and healthy eating and to develop effective intervention methods.</p></abstract>
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                            <p>Amaç: Bu çalışmada yetişkin obez bireylerin hedonik açlık, sağlıklı beslenmeye ilişkin tutum ve beslenme bilgi düzeyinin sağlıklı bireyler ile karşılaştırılması amaçlanmıştır.Yöntem: Kesitsel ve tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çalışma, Kasım 2024-Aralık 2024 tarihleri arasında Kağıthane ilçesinde yaşayan 198 obez, 198 normal beden kütle indeksine sahip sağlıklı katılımcılar ile yürütülmüştür. Çalışmaya katılan katılımcılara Genel Bilgiler Formu, Sağlıklı Beslenmeye İlişkin Tutum Ölçeği (SBİTÖ), Beslenme Bi̇lgi̇ Ölçeği̇ (BBÖ) ve Besin Gücü Ölçeği (BGÖ) kullanılmıştır. Veriler Google Forms ile online anket yöntemiyle toplanmıştır. Veriler SPSS 25.0 programında değerlendirilmiştir.Bulgular: Obez hedonik açlığa göre SBİTÖ toplam puan ortalaması ve SBİTÖ alt boyutları kötü beslenme, olumlu beslenme ve beslenmeye yönelik duygu puan ortalamaları arasında anlamlı bir ilişki bulunmuştur (p&amp;lt;0,05). Obez bireylerde hedonik açlık ile Beslenme Bilgi Ölçeği (BBÖ) toplam puanı arasında anlamlı bir ilişki (p&amp;lt;0,05) bulunmuştur. Sağlıklı bireylerde ise hedonik açlık, kötü beslenme ve beslenmeye yönelik duygularla ilgili alt boyutlarda anlamlı farklar (p&amp;lt;0,05) saptanırken, BBÖ toplam puanları açısından anlamlı bir fark bulunmamıştır (p&amp;gt;0,05). Sağlıklı bireylerde hedonik açlığı olan katılımcıların SBİTÖ toplam puanı ve SBİTÖ alt boyutları kötü beslenme ve beslenmeye yönelik duygu puan ortalamaları hedonik açlığı olmayanlara göre daha düşüktür (p&amp;lt;0,05).Sonuç: Obez bireylerin sağlıklı beslenme tutumlarının ve beslenme bilgisi düzeylerinin sağlıklı bireylerden anlamlı derecede farklı olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Ayrıca, obez bireylerde hedonik açlık düzeylerinin daha yüksek olduğu ve hedonik açlığın sağlıklı beslenmeyi destekleyen tutum ve davranışlarla olumsuz yönde ilişkili olduğu saptanmıştır. Bu sonuç, obeziteyle mücadelede hedonik açlığın göz ardı edilemeyecek kritik bir değişken olduğunu ve yalnızca bilgi artırmanın tek başına yeterli olmayabileceğini göstermektedir. Bu nedenle obeziteyi önleme ve yönetme stratejileri kapsamında, beslenme eğitimi programlarının yanı sıra hedonik açlığı yönetmeye yönelik müdahalelerin planlanması ve sağlıklı beslenmeyi destekleyen sağlık politikalarının geliştirilmesi yararlı olacaktır. Bu konuda daha fazla çalışma yapılması, özellikle hedonik açlık ile sağlıklı beslenme arasındaki ilişkinin yönünü ve etkili müdahale yöntemlerini ortaya koymak açısından önemlidir.</p></trans-abstract>
                                                            
            
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                                                    <kwd>Hedonic hunger</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  obesity</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  healthy nutrition</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  nutrition knowledge</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  eating behavior</kwd>
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                                                    <kwd>Hedonik açlık</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  obezite</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  sağlıklı beslenme</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  beslenme bilgisi</kwd>
                                                    <kwd>  yeme davranışı</kwd>
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