Fast food consumption habits of university students

ONURLUBAŞ E., Yilmaz N.

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment, cilt.11, sa.3-4, ss.12-14, 2013 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 11 Sayı: 3-4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.12-14
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Factor analysis, Fast-food consumption, Student habits, Student preference
  • Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This work is based on data obtained from the face to face surveys with 265 students at Trakya University Keşan Yusuf Çapraz School of Applied Sciences. A survey has been conducted in order to identify the fast food consuming habits of university students. It has been found out that 97.4% of the students consume fast food type nutrition and 2.6% of the students do not consume this type of food. Factor analysis has been applied to the survey in order to determine Fast food consumption reasons. With this analysis the explanatory factors in their preference of fast food products have been grouped. The most distinctive factors have been named as "Product-Quality-Price relation", "Correctitude of Location", "Product and Service", and "Scarcity of Time".