摘要：Nutrition is one of the most important problems of university students. Diets of university students are often unbalanced and insufficient. This situation affects health and academic success of the students. High carbohydrate foods are the most consumed among this group and the amount and quality of this kind of food is quite important. In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the factors affecting the carbohydrate consumption, total energy intake, energy distribution balance and nutritional status of university students. In this context, 201 volunteers, 162 women and 39 men, who attended to Gazi University in the 2012-2013 academic year, were included in the study. The results showed that the participants mostly consume bread and pastry products, often skip meals especially breakfast, however most of them have normal BMI values (p>0.05). The main reasons for skipping meals are lack of time and unwillingness. Since the participants are mostly women, it is thought that the rate of meal skipping increases with the concern of gaining weight. Despite the high rate of meal skipping, the fact that no negativity occurs at the point of nutrient and energy intake, can be attributed on that the nutrient and energy need to be taken in the skipped meals were tolerated by taking in other meals. Average and standard deviation scores were compared for the relationship between participants' gender, age, BMI values, income levels and attitudes and behaviors of meal skipping status towards taste preferences. For all comparisons, no significant relationship was detected at the level of p<0.01 and p<0.05, statistically. In addition, a significant difference was found between the sex factor and intake of energy and nutrients (p<0.05).
