A Case Study on the Eating Habits of a Selection of University Students in Northern Cyprus

Mehmet Necati Cizrelioğulları; Rukiye Kilili; Pınar Barut

doi:10.21600/ijoks.748995

A Case Study on the Eating Habits of a Selection of University Students in Northern Cyprus

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The aim of this qualitative case study is to examine changes in the eating habits of university students living with their families after starting their tertiary education. Stress or lack of time at university can have adverse affects leading to unhealthy changes in diet. We have accordingly assessed the dietary-related habits of undergraduate students in various departments of EMU. Six Cypriot students, as well as three Iraqi Kurdish students were selected since to date there have been few such studies about Kurdish students. A limitation of this study is that all the respondents were living in Famagusta City in Northern Cyprus; other studies might be conducted in perhaps Nicosia and abroad.

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Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

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Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Mehmet Necati Cizrelioğulları ^*
0000-0002-9884-6084
Cyprus

Rukiye Kilili
0000-0002-2049-6432
Türkiye

Pınar Barut
0000-0002-3624-1581
Cyprus

Yayımlanma Tarihi

25 Ağustos 2020

Gönderilme Tarihi

7 Haziran 2020

Kabul Tarihi

2 Temmuz 2020

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2020 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.748995

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA39XS92FJ

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Cizrelioğulları, M. N., Kilili, R., & Barut, P. (2020). A Case Study on the Eating Habits of a Selection of University Students in Northern Cyprus. International Journal of Kurdish Studies, 6(2), 202-221. https://doi.org/10.21600/ijoks.748995