Attitudes Towards Healthy Eating and Diet Satisfaction of Vegetarians: A Cross-sectional Study in Turkey

Authors : Eren Canbolat, Esma Asil
Pages : 217-227
Doi:10.34087/cbusbed.1393443
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Publication Date : 2025-06-27
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes of individuals who prefer a vegetarian diet about adequate and balanced nutrition, their dietary satisfaction and the problems they experience. Material and Methods: Participants were administered an online questionnaire including the attitude scale about adequate and balanced nutrition, diet satisfaction scale and questions about the problems they experienced while maintaining a vegetarian diet through Google forms. Results: According to the results of the study, it was determined that vegetarian individuals had high attitudes about adequate and balanced. In detailed analysis, it was found that females had higher attitudes towards adequate and balanced nutrition than males, high school and university graduates had higher attitudes than primary school graduates, and individuals with normal BMI had higher attitudes towards adequate and balanced nutrition than overweight and obese individuals (p<0.05). While the diet satisfaction of the participants was high, university graduates had lower diet satisfaction than high school graduates (p<0.05). The most common problem experienced by vegetarian individuals while maintaining their diets is that vegetarian products are expensive and difficult to find in the market. Conclusion: In this study, it can be stated that among the vegetarian individuals, those with female gender, higher education level and normal BMI were better in terms of their attitudes towards adequate and balanced nutrition. It has been determined that individuals experience various problems while following vegetarian diets. Therefore, there is a need to support vegetarian diets in Turkey in terms of both health and sustainability.
Keywords : Vejetaryen diyet, sağlıklı beslenme, diyet memnuniyeti, sürdürülebilirlik

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