An investigation of snack packaged foods consumed by high school students in terms of sustainability criteria and effects on individual-specific parameters

This study aims to evaluate the relationship between high and low sustainable snack packaged foods consumption and some individual-specific parameters.Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 156 high school students and data were obtained from the questionnaire form.Milk was the most sustainable food. A weak positive correlation was found between the BMI values of female students and their consumption amounts of cereal biscuits and oat biscuits. A significant weak positive correlation was found between BMI values of male students and daily consumption amounts of whole grain cereal. Snack packaged foods consumed by the students were associated with some demographic characteristics, eating habits and body composition.