Relationship Between Physical Activity Level and Healthy Nutritional Attitude of High School Students

Abstract

The study was conducted with 117 students studying in high schools affiliated to national education in Konya city center, Selçuklu district. The average age of the students is 17.08 ± 0.853, 59% of them are girls, 43.6% of the extended family, 38.5% of them perceive their health well, 34.2% of their mothers are high school graduates and 56.4% 46.2% of them were high school graduates and 69.2% were working, and 36.8% perceived their income as bad. The mean score of the knowledge about nutrition is 11.74 ± 3.22, the mean score for the emotion towards nutrition is 17.97 ± 4.14, and positive nutrition The mean score for the was found to be 13.18 ± 2.43 and the mean score for the was found to be 11.61 ± 2.61. As a result of the study, it was seen that the students were in the risky group in terms of physical activity.