A Cross-sectional Study on the Evaluation of Nutritional Habits of Students at Istanbul Medeniyet University.

This cross- sectional, single-center study was conducted with the participation of 912 students studying at [removed for blind peer review] Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law and Medicine. The sample size was calculated to be a minimum of 379 with 95% confidence over the total number of students, 5301. The study was carried out between October 2020 and December 2020. The compliance of the study with the ethical rules was evaluated by the Istanbul Medeniyet University Social and Human Sciences Research and Publication Ethics Committee at its meeting dated 27.10.2020 and approved with the decision numbered 2020/39.

At the beginning of the study, verbal and written consent was obtained from the individuals and a questionnaire containing 29 questions was distributed by the researchers. The questionnaire form consists of three parts. The first part includes 10 questions to determine the demographic characteristics of the participants, the second part includes 17 questions to determine their eating habits, and the third part includes 2 questions to evaluate the status of following the news about nutrition and heart health and whether they find the public service ads on this subject sufficient.