The Relationship Between Students' Covid-19 Perception and Healthy Eating Attitudes: A University Example

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased fear, anxiety and psychological problems, especially in school-age children and young people. With increased fear and anxiety, eating habits have changed and weight has increased significantly. This study was conducted to evaluate whether there is a relationship between students' Covid-19 perceptions and attitudes and their healthy eating attitudes. The cross-sectional study was conducted with 388 students at ………. University between October and December 2022. Participants were administered a three-stage online questionnaire consisting of 'Demographic Characteristics Form', 'Attitude Scale on Healthy Nutrition' and 'Scale for the Evaluation of Perceptions and Attitudes Towards the Coronavirus Outbreak'. A statistically significant difference was found only in the personal sub-dimension of the scale for evaluating perceptions and attitudes towards the COVID-19 outbreak according to Covid-19 status. There was no statistically significant difference between genders in the total score of the Attitudes Towards Healthy Nutrition Scale. A weak positive correlation was found between the contagiousness (r=0.151, p=0.003) and cognitive avoidance (r=0.232, p