The Relationship Between Adolescents' Healthy Lifestyle Beliefs and Nutritional Literacy

Aim: The research was conducted to determine the relationship between adolescents' healthy lifestyle beliefs and nutritional literacy. Method: The descriptive and correlational research was conducted using the online questionnaire method with 516 adolescents studying at high school in different center (science high school, anatolian high school, vocational high school, imamhatip high school) in Atakum/Samsun between and Semptember 2021- Octomber 2021. Sociodemographic Characteristics Form, Nutritional Properties Form and Adolescent Nutrition Literacy Scale (ANLS) and Healthy Lifestyle Belief Scale for Adolescents ( HLBSA) were used to collect the data. Parametric Independent groups t test, ANOVA test, Pearson correlation were used for the evaluation of the data and the reliability analysis of the data in the SPSS 26 statistical program. Results: The average age of the adolescents participating in the study is 15.48±1.12. 61.8% of the adolescents participating in the research were girls. 64.1% of the adolescents stated that they had previously received education about adequate and balanced nutrition. The total score average of the Adolescent Nutrition Literacy Scale was found to be 61.61±12.47. A statistically significant difference was found between the adolescents' family type characteristics and the Adolescent Nutrition Literacy Scale (ANLS) averages (p