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Healthy lifestyle behaviors that students acquire during their university life are shaped in school years. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between healthy lifestyle behaviors and leisure activeness of nursing students. The descriptive study was carried out with 503 volunteer students who are still receiving education in Faculty of Nursing in a university in Izmir in the 2017-2018 academic year. Data were collected using an introductory information form prepared in line with the literature, Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile scale, and Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire. It was found that Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire mean score was significantly correlated with Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile II total score and the health responsibility, physical activity, nutrition, spiritual development and stress management lower dimension mean scores, in a positive direction. Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire and Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile II mean scores of students taking elective course based on physical activity were found to be higher and a statistically significant difference existed between them. It is important for nurses, who have a great responsibility especially in sustaining and protecting public health, to acquire positive behaviors in the educational process. It should be ensured that elective courses based on physical activity are included in nursing education.

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