Ustun, Neslisah AktasUstun, Umit DoganIsik, UtkuYapici, Adem2024-09-182024-09-1820201129-8723https://doi.org/10.23751/pn.v22i1-S.9810https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/10408Study Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the differences in the perception of health belief regarding leisure-time physical activity and nutritional attitudes of athletic and sedentary university students. Besides, analyzing the correlations between the phenomena was another aim. Materials and Method: The study was designed as a cross-sectional quantitative study, and 286 university students from Hatay Mustafa Kemal University participated in the study. In analyzes of the data independent samples t-test and Partial Correlation analyzes were used. Results: As a result, this study showed that only self-efficacy makes a difference in the health belief regarding leisure-time physical activity for the athletes. Besides, the health belief regarding leisure-time physical activity and nutritional attitude correlates in both athletic and sedentary samples. Conclusion: To achieve substantive health benefits, efforts to increase leisure time physical activity and healthy nutritional attitudes should be encouraged.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessHealth BeliefLeisure-Time Physical ActivityNutritionMalnutritionSedentaryArticle2215616010.23751/pn.v22i1-S.98102-s2.0-85091975140Q3WOS:000537102600021Q4