Özet:

In this study, it was aimed to examine the eating behaviors and life satisfaction of individuals who regularly exercise in sports centers in terms of different variables. For this purpose, a total of 161 people, 70 female and 91 male, with an average age of 30.30± 10.02, were surveyed. According to the results of the independent sample t-test, it was determined that the difference between the eating behavior levels of the participants according to the gender variable was not statistically significant (p>0.05). Considering the marital status variable, it was determined that there was a significant difference between married and single individuals in terms of external eating behavior levels (p<0.05). According to One Way Anova test results, there was a significant difference in emotional eating behavior levels between slightly overweight, normal and obese participants according to body mass indexes (p<0.05). There was no significant difference in terms of external eating and restrained eating behavior (p>0.05). It is seen that there is a significant difference in terms of restrained eating behavior levels between graduate and undergraduate level participants according to education levels, and there is a significant difference in external eating behaviors between undergraduate and graduate school participants (p<0.05). According to the perceived weight, there is a significant difference between those who want to gain weight, those who do not have weight problems and those who want to lose weight (p<0.05). According to the duration of exercise, the difference between the appears to be statistically significant. those who have been exercising for a month and those who have been exercising for six months or more in terms of restrictive eating behavior levels (p<0.05). With the participants for a month; it is seen that there is a significant difference in terms of restrained eating behavior levels between the participants for more than six months and more than one year (p<0.05). Accordingly, as the duration of doing sports increases, the restrained eating behavior also increases. According to the results obtained from Pearson correlation analysis, according to eating behavior, BMI, education level and time to attend the sports center, there is a moderate positive correlation between the time to attend the sports center and the restrained eating behavior (p<0.01). It has also been determined that there are moderate negative relationship between education level and BMI (p<0.05).

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