Food insecurity, diet and mental distress among resource insecure students during COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

It is well documented that college student populations are vulnerable to food insecurity and other adverse environmental conditions. Additionally, exposure to environmental adversity can have deleterious, long-term effects on physical and mental health. This study applies evolutionary life history theory to examine the relationship between environmental adversity, mental distress and diet among resource insecure university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methodology

Structured and semi-structured surveys were used to assess perceptions of environmental adversity (including mortality risk, food insecurity and resource availability; and changes in these factors over the course of COVID-19), mental distress, diet and use of campus support servic

SUBMITTER: Kopels MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938529 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature