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Purpose: This study was conducted with the aim of determining problematic Internet use and healthy lifestyle behaviors in university students.  Tools and Methods: 1723 students studying at the University of Fırat were included in the research. Students are selected according to the layer sampling method according to their section, class and gender. The survey form applies to students with socio-demographic characteristics, the scale of problematic internet use and healthy lifestyle behaviors.  Results: The average age of students is 21.5±2.2. 38.2 percent are women and 67.3 percent are men. 50.9 percent of students connect to the Internet for 6 days a week, while 21.4 percent connect to the Internet for 2 hours a day. The purpose of the use of the Internet is to view the e-mail address (87.8%) and to read newspapers (63.8%) 4), it is to play online games (%28.4). Problems with the long-term use of the internet are burning in the eyes, pain in the neck muscles and insomnia. There has been a significant correlation in the negative direction between healthy lifestyle behaviors and problematic internet use scale scores.  The result: Problematic Internet use in students has been shown to have a negative impact on healthy lifestyle behaviors. It is necessary to take measures to reduce the problematic use of the internet, to improve healthy lifestyle behaviors.

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