MICROBIOTA AWARENESS LEVEL OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Arif Aksoy, Irem Yeşilyurt

Abstract


Single-celled microorganisms have existed on Earth since the early periods of life. Microbiota refers to the community of microorganisms living in an organism. The human body has different microbiota in the skin, mouth, intestines, skin, and other areas. These microbiotas have very important duties in terms of protecting the health of living things. The intestinal microbiota includes probiotics, prebiotics, and their combination synbiotics, which are beneficial to health. Microbiota is affected by many environmental factors. As a result of these factors, the disruption of the balance of beneficial and harmful microorganisms in the microbiota is called "dysbiosis ". Dysbiosis can affect the formation of many conditions such as obesity, allergens, diabetes, celiac disease, and cardiac diseases. In this context, individuals' knowledge of the positive and negative factors of the microbiota will be an important step in protecting health. The purpose of this study, which we conducted on healthcare worker candidates, is to measure the candidates' knowledge level about microbiota and to develop projects that will help them gain awareness.

 

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microbiota, probiotic, prebiotic

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