Purpose This study was conducted to examine the relationship between students' anxiety, depression, stress levels, and emotional, external, restrictive eating behaviors in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) process. Design and Methods This study was conducted in included university involving 411 nursing students who completed the Personal Information Form, Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale, and the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Kruskal–Wallis Test, Mann–Whitney U test, and Spearman's correlation test were used to evaluate the data. Findings In the correlation between Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale subscale scores, and the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire subscale scores, there was no significant relationship between only depression and restrictive eating. Practice Implications It was determined that the COVID‐19 pandemic process affected the mental health of nursing students and their eating behaviors.

BackgroundThe aim was to determine the coronavirus anxiety levels and emotional eating status of cases with diagnosis of MetS according to diagnostic criteria published by the International Diabetic Federation (IDF) in 2005 and healthy individuals with similar BMI to MetS subjects. MethodsThis study was completed with the descriptive, cross-sectional, case-controlled and relational screening model. The full sampling method was used in the study. The study was completed with 105 individuals with metabolic syndrome attending the diet clinic and 109 healthy individuals without MetS diagnosis also attending the diet clinic. Collection of data used anthropometric measurements and biochemical findings, blood pressure and a survey form, the Coronavirus Anxiety Scale (CAS) and Emotional Eating Scale (EES). ResultsCoronavirus anxiety scale scores of individuals with metabolic syndrome were found to be statistically significantly higher than the scores of the healthy control group (p <0.05). The difference between the metabolic syndrome group and the healthy control group for emotional eating scale scores was not significant (p <0.05)When groups are compared, apart from HDL, blood pressure and all other biochemical parameters were higher in metabolic syndrome subjects (p<0.05). However, when the correlation between coronavirus anxiety scale and emotional eating scale points is investigated in metabolic syndrome and healthy individuals, there was no correlation between the two scales (p>0.05).ConclusionIndividuals with metabolic syndrome had higher coronavirus anxiety levels than healthy individuals; however, there was no difference between metabolic syndrome and healthy subjects in terms of emotional eating behavior.Level of evidenceIII, case–control analytic study.

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