SUMMARY
Food label makes it possible to use the rights training, access to information, selection for consumer. It is possible to eat healthy by having more information on food labels. This study was planned to determine food label reading habit and the views on GMOs of adults. The population of the research consists of adults who shpping at supermarket in Manisa. The sample was 658 people (n=658). The descriptive and cross-sectional survey was done October between and December 2014. The data collection form includes socio-demographic information, opinions on label reading and GMOs. It was found that 80.1% of respondents' source of information on GMOs is the media.It was found that socio-demographical characteristics of the participants affected food labels reading habits and views on GMOs. It was found that most of respondents that disagreed in production with genetically modified seeds in Turkey is correct. Furthermore most of respondents thought that did not comply with the ban which prevents entry of genetically modified foods to Turkey and did not make necessary checks in there. The results of this study show that adults are not having much knowledge about GMOs and risk perseption scale on GMOs is great. the media has the bigggest effect about GMOs. This study once again showed the need for the educational role of the public health nurse in terms of community nutrition. Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetGida etiketi tüketicinin bilgi edinme, egitilme, seçme hakkini kullanmasini mümkün kilar. Gida etiketleri hakkinda daha fazla bilgiye sahip olarak saglikli beslenmek mümkündür. Çalisma eriskinlerin gida etiketi okuma aliskanligi ve GDO konusundaki görüslerinin belirlenmesi amaciyla planlanmistir. Arastirmanin evrenini Manisa il merkezinde bulunan süpermarketlerden alisveris yapan eriskinler olusturmustur. Örneklem ise 568 kisidir (n=658). Tanimlayici-kesitsel tipteki çalismanin verileri Ekim-Aralik 2014 tarihleri arasinda toplanmistir. Veriler GDO’ ya iliskin sorularin oldugu form ve sosyo-demografik bilgi formu kullanilarak toplanmistir. GDO’ ya iliskin bilgiye ulasmada en sik kullanilan kaynak medyadir (%80.1).Katilimcilarin sosyo-demografik özelliklerinin etiket okuma aliskanligi ve GDO’ ya iliskin görüslerini etkiledigi bulunmustur. Katilimcilarin çogu Türkiye’de GD tohumlarla üretim yapilmasini dogru bulmadigini, Türkiye’de GDO’ lu gida girisini engelleyen yasaga uyulmadigini ve gerekli kontrollerin yapilmadigini düsünmektedir. Çalisma sonuçlarina göre eriskinler GDO hakkinda pek fazla bilgi sahibi degildir ve medya en büyük etkiye sahiptir. Katilimcilarin GDO risk algisi yüksektir. Bu çalisma toplum beslenmesi açisindan halk sagligi hemsiresinin egitici rolüne olan ihtiyaci bir kez daha gözler önüne sermistir.