Abstract:
Purpose: To examine the popular dietary habits of nursing students and associated factors.
Design and methods: A mixed study with quantitative and qualitative dimensions. Following the evaluation of quantitative data, interviews were conducted with 12 students, and data were analyzed by content analysis.
Findings: The two main themes created were my mirror and the mirror of society as a vicious cycle. The reasons for being on a popular diet were determined to be the expectation of rapid weight loss, negative emotions, and body and beauty perception of society.
Practice implications: It is concluded that students are in a vicious cycle of popular diets depending on different factors and that professional educator nurses have important duties in breaking this cycle.