Research Article

Determination of The Nutritional Habits and Physical Activity Levels of The Students of The School of Physical Education and Sport During the Pandemic Period

Volume: 17 Number: Pandemi Özel Sayısı April 30, 2021
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Determination of The Nutritional Habits and Physical Activity Levels of The Students of The School of Physical Education and Sport During the Pandemic Period

Abstract

As a result of the increasing spread of corona virus around the world, daily life in Turkey has changed, forcing society to be isolated along with social distances. Such measures are affecting people's lifestyles. This research was conducted to determine the nutritional habits and physical activity levels of students at the School of Physical Education and Sport during the pandemic. A total of 231 (93 female, 138 male) volunteer students from Bitlis Eren University (125 persons) and Van Yüzüncü Yıl University (106 persons) participated in the study. An online questionnaire was used as a data collection tool to question participants' demographic information, nutritional habits and levels of physical activity. The data were analyzed in the SPSS package program and the significance was accepted as p<0.05. According to the results of the research, it was determined that: 45.5% of the students of the school of physical education and sports had changes in their eating habits, 50.6% of the students consumed two main meals a day, 63,6% of the students regularly have breakfast, lunch is the most skipped main meal with 40.3%, 26% of the students skip meals due to stress, the most consumed foods as snacks are cakes / cookies / biscuits with 40.3 %, 53,2% of the students reduce daily liquid consumption and 36,4% of the students consume 1.5 liters of liquid daily and 62,3% of the students did not receive nutrition education, 60,2% of the students are study in physical education and sports teaching department. It was found that 67.5% of the research group did not do regular physical activity, 51.9% exercised two days a week, 48.1% increased body weight, and 68.8% did physical activity at home. Physical education and sports students in the research group underwent changes in eating habits and reduced levels of physical activity. In this context, it is believed that promoting healthy eating and physical activity at home during the pandemic period will contribute positively to the health of individuals.

Keywords

Pandemic , Nutrition Habits , Physical Activity , Covid-19 , Student

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APA
Erdoğan, R. (2021). Pandemi Döneminde Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu Öğrencilerinin Beslenme Alışkanlıkları ve Fiziksel Aktivite Düzeylerinin Belirlenmesi. OPUS International Journal of Society Researches, 17(Pandemi Özel Sayısı), 3276-3295. https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.862585

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