@article{article_791910, title={EVALUATION OF NUTRITIONAL HABITS OF ADULT FEMALE INDIVIDUALS}, journal={Karya Journal of Health Science}, volume={1}, pages={9–13}, year={2020}, author={Durmaz, Ceyda and Kalkan, İndrani}, keywords={Besin tüketimi, Beslenme alışkanlıkları, Beden kütle indeksi, Yetişkin kadın}, abstract={<b>Objective: </b>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the nutritional habits of adult female individuals. <br /> <b>Materials and Method: </b>The study was conducted with 75 healthy female volunteers between the ages of 24-35 who were full-time academic faculty members at Istanbul Aydın University. General characteristics of the individuals, nutritional habits, anthropometric measurements as well as quantified food consumption and food consumption frequency were recorded by using previous month’s food consumption. The intake levels of energy, macro and micronutrients were calculated using the "Nutrition Information System software" (Ebispro for Windows - Turkish version 8.2) program and compared with the Daily Recommended Intake (DRI) amounts. <br /> <b>Results: </b> Regarding eating habits, it was determined that 70.7% of participants consumed 3 main meals a day, and 40% of them consumed 1 snack per day. It was determined that 68% of the individuals never skipped a main meal, 54.2% of those who skipped the main meal mostly skipped the morning meal, and 45.8% skipped meals because they did not wish to eat. The mean Body Mass Index (BMI) was 24.02±4.18 kg/m2, the mean waist circumference was 80.04±11.34 cm, the mean hip circumference was 102.63±8.05 cm, the mean waist/hip circumference ratio was 0.77±0.070. It was determined that 36% of the individuals had insufficient energy intake, 53.3% had sufficient carbohydrate intake, 84.0% had sufficient protein intake, 97.3% had high intake of fat, and 22.7% of them had insufficient fiber intake. It was determined that 65.3% was sufficient in calcium intake, 50.7% was sufficient in iron intake and 58.7% was sufficient in zinc intake. <br /> <b>Conclusion: </b> In order to maintain a healthy life and increase the quality of life it will be beneficial to train individuals on adequate-balanced and healthy nutrition and enable them to acquire healthy eating habits.  <br />}, number={2}, publisher={Kılıçhan BAYAR}