Abstract:

Purpose: The study aims to evaluate the relationship of college girls with body perception, self-respect, eating attitudes and body mass index. Method: Universe Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Nursing Department formed girls students (N=324), completed with 181 people. Students have been applied the indicative form of information, the test of eating attitude, the body perception scale, the self-esteem scale. Results: The risk of eating disorders is 14.3% in students who perceive their body normal, while the risk of overweight is 83.3% in students who perceive their body. A strong relationship in the positive direction has been established between the student's body perception and the total points of self-respect. In the study, 24.3 percent of students were at risk of eating disorders, 30.9 percent had low body perception, 10 percent. In the fifth verse, it was revealed that he had a low self-esteem. The differences between the body mass index and the body perception of students, the daily activity status and the risk of eating disorders and the body perception, smoking and alcohol use and the risk of eating disorders have been statistically significant. The relationship between students’ weight loss methods and the risk of eating disorders has been statistically meaningful. The relationship between the scale of self-righteousness and the method of drug use has been statistically meaningful (p<0.05). The relationship between the educational level of parents and the risk of eating disorders has been statistically significant (p<0.05). Result: Students should be aware of their own body perceptions and informed about how to lose weight and increase physical activity.

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