Fast-food consumption habits of university students: The sample of Ankara

YARDIMCI H., Ozdogan Y., ÖZÇELİK A. Ö., Surucuoglu M. S.

Pakistan Journal of Nutrition, cilt.11, sa.3, ss.265-269, 2012 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3923/pjn.2012.265.269
  • Dergi Adı: Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, EMBASE
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.265-269
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ankara, Consumption habits, Fast-food, University students
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The aim of this research was to determine fast-food consumption habits of university students. A total of 401 students, of whom 297 were female (74.0%) and 104 were male (26.0%), from different universities in Ankara constituted the sample of the research. It was determined that 98.0% of the students going to a fast-food restaurants. The percentage of those students who prefer to go fast-food both during the week and at the weekend is 43.8%. In the sample, the most preferred fast-food was pizza (285 points), followed by chicken doner (278 points) and hamburger (273 points); while the most preferred beverage was fizzy drinks (57.6%). © Asian Network for Scientific Information, 2012.