The relationship between body composition and diatary habits in the university faculty members

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Türk Spor ve Egzersiz Dergisi
Volume:19 Issue:3
The relationship between body composition and diatary habits in the university faculty members

The relationship between body composition and diatary habits in the university faculty members

Authors : Fatma ARSLAN, Ozden TASGIN, Sefika Dilek GUVEN, Aysegul OZCAN, Ozen OZBAY OZBAS

Pages : 337-344

Doi:10.15314/tsed.317011

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Publication Date : 2017-12-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between eating habits and body composition of the university personnels . The sampling of this research consisted of academic and administrative personnels from the university insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(68 female and 124 male personnels );. Body weight and composition were measured with a Tanita instrument. Data were collected by performing a questionnaire including 33 items. For the statistical analysis, frequency and percentage insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(%); distributions, Chi-Square test and Pearson correlations were used. For females, 38.9% of the university members, 30% of the instructors and 32.5% of the administrative personnels and for men, 31.6% of the university members, 38.5% of the instructors and 27.2% of the administrative personnels had two meals in a day. Both female and male administrative personnels had more junk food consumption than the others. In this study, there was more fat milk/yogurt consumption that was correlated with body composition parameters in the female university members insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. This study showed that the participants generally had unhealthy lifestyles and the critical values in waist circumferences and hip circumferences , waist-height ratio, and waist-hip ratio from body composition parameters. Because of this, healthy lifestyles-associated behaviors insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(exercises, physical activities, dietary habits and responsibilities of health, e.g.); must be developed among the university faculty members and other employees.
Keywords : Body composition, eating habits, university employees

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