ABSTRACT Various emotional and social stimuli influence individuals' eating behaviors. Eating attitudes, beyond being merely physiological needs, are intertwined with the social relationships formed throughout one's life. When university students transition to a new lifestyle, they may encounter feelings of loneliness impacting their eating attitudes. In this study, 557 students enrolled in a foundation university participated. Data were collected online using the Social and Emotional Loneliness Scale and the Eating Attitudes Test. The findings revealed a weakly positive and significant correlation between students' social and emotional loneliness and their eating attitudes, indicating that feelings of loneliness can indeed influence eating behaviors. It is recommended that further exploration of the factors contributing to emotional and social loneliness among university students is conducted and appropriate interventions to promote healthy eating attitudes are devised.