Underestimating College Student Food Insecurity: Marginally Food Secure Students May Not Be Food Secure.

ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to understand the demographic, student, financial, and academic differences between marginally food secure college students and students with high, low, or very low food security (FS). Unlike highly food secure students, marginally food secure students worry about the quantity and quality of their food, yet they are classified in the same category as highly food secure individuals as per the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reporting standards. To investigate marginal FS among college students, a cross-sectional online survey was administered at a large, public, research university in the Northeastern United States. A largely representative sample of 6823 undergraduate students completed the survey with a 19.7% response rate. Self-reported level

SUBMITTER: Brescia SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9370637 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature