Introduction: Poor dietary patterns can cause gastric irritation. Patients with gastritis should take care of their dietary habits because this disease affects the digestive system. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between dietary patterns and the prevalence of gastritis in the second semester students of the nursing program in the Health Polytechnic, Gorontalo. Methods: This study was conducted in the Health Polytechnic, Gorontalo on 23 March 2017 until 27 March 2017. This is an analytic survey with cross-sectional study de- sign. The independent variable was the quality of dietary patterns, and the dependent variable was the prevalence of gastritis. The subjects were recruited using systematic random sampling, and a total of 118 college students from the second semester of nursing program in Health Polytechnic, Gorontalo. Results: Overall, the second-semester students of the nursing program of the Health Polytechnic in Gorontalo had good dietary patterns (61.0%), and the majority did not have gastritis (71.2%). Statistical analysis using chi-square showed the value of χ2 10.421 and ρ value of 0.001. Conclusion: There was an association between the dietary patterns and the prevalence of gastritis in the second-semester nursing program college students of the Health Polytechnic, Gorontalo.