Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
SENDROM, cilt.18, sa.9, ss.78-82, 2006 (Scopus)
Two models are used to explain the factors that influence the nutritional behaviors of adolescents. One of them is the Social Cognitive Theory and the other is Ecological Model. According to the former, personal, social and environmental factors act together as determinants of eating behavior. According to the latter the environment affecting the human behavior is consisted of four subsystems: microsystems, mesosystems, exosystems and macrosystems. The main principle of both systems are their interactive nature. After the integration of Social Behavior Theory and Ecological Model, factors that influence eating habits of adolescents were divided into four groups. These are personal, social environmental, physical environmental and macrosystems effects. Personal factors are eating habits, nutrition knowledge, functional meanings that adolescents attach to food, attitudes, starvation, gender, dieting, time, convenience and the cost. Social environmental factors are the family and friends; physical environmental factors are the school, fast-food restaurants and macrosystem factors are mass media and advertisements.