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ArticleFrontiers in nutrition2025

Sustainable dietary behavior and food choices among sport sciences students: a cross-sectional study within the theory of planned behavior.

Mehmet Emre Eryucel, Ayse Sena Cakır, Melih Balyan, Mehmet Behzat Turan, Cemali Cankaya, Vesile Sahiner Guler, Ibrahim Dalbudak, Osman Pepe

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Article in Frontiers in nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mehmet Emre EryucelDepartment of Sports Management Sciences, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Türkiye.
Ayse Sena CakırDepartment of Health Management, Develi Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Kayseri University, Kayseri, Türkiye.
Melih BalyanDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Ege University, Izmir, Türkiye.
Mehmet Behzat TuranDepartment of Recreation, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Türkiye.
Cemali CankayaDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Uşak University, Uşak, Türkiye.
Vesile Sahiner GulerDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, Institute of Health Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Türkiye.
Ibrahim DalbudakDepartment of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Uşak University, Kayseri, Türkiye.
Osman PepeDepartment of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Türkiye.

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Background: Sustainable food consumption addresses global environmental challenges and safeguards long-term public health. Understanding how sustainability awareness translates into dietary practices is particularly important among young populations. Objective: This study examined the mediating role of sustainable dietary behavior in the relationship between sustainable consumption tendencies and sustainable food consumption behavior among sport sciences university students, using the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as a partial framework. Methods: A cross-sectional design was applied with 414 Erciyes University Faculty of Sport Sciences students. Data were collected through the Sustainable Consumption Scale, Sustainable Nutrition Behavior Scale, and Sustainable Food Consumption Behavior Scale. Mediation analysis was performed using PROCESS Macro Model 4 with 5,000 bootstrap samples to test indirect effects. Results: Sustainable dietary behavior significantly mediated the association between sustainable consumption and sustainable food consumption behavior (indirect effect = 0.10, 95% CI [0.04, 0.15]). Sub-dimensions such as seasonal and local food choices and waste reduction are strongly linked with sustainable food consumption. Conclusion: The findings suggest that fostering sustainable dietary behaviors is crucial for converting sustainability awareness into concrete dietary practices. University students constitute a key target group for public health and sustainability initiatives, and interventions should emphasize education, accessibility, and awareness to reinforce behavior-based change.

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dietary behaviorfood choicefood wastesustainable consumptionsustainable nutrition behaviortheory of planned behavioruniversity students

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