Abstract:

Purpose: This study aims to determine the behaviors and factors that influence the healthy lifestyle of second-class students of the 9th September University School of Medicine. Method and method: The research is a cutting-edge type. The research group consists of students studying in the second class of the 9th September University Faculty of Medicine. The data was collected with a survey designed to determine the student’s sociodemographic characteristics, family history, certain habits and lifestyle behaviors. The findings: 19.1% of students said they kept smoking and 5.4% said they stopped smoking. Students are more likely to smoke. Protein-containing eating habits are too much in men, while chocolate-containing products, salt products and coffee consumption habits are more in girls students. Students who have a very good health perception are eating healthier. The girls are more likely to exercise regularly than the men. The student’s economic status and high health perception, the high education of the father and mother, increases the behavior of health responsibility in the students. Around half of the students don’t have a healthy and balanced diet. The health responsibility habit is greater in girls students. The high level of education and economic status of the family positively affects the student’s health responsibility. Conference and seminars on the importance of healthy lifestyle habits in the first years of medical education can be planned. This training should be monitored to see whether it creates permanent behavior change.

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