ArticleNutrients2021
Effects of COVID-19 on University Student Food Security.
Article in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effect of returning home on university student hunger during South African COVID-19 lockdown.PloS one · 2026Article
- Characterizing Water Insecurity Among US College Students: Prevalence, Scope and Linkages With Food Insecurity.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2025Article
- Association between food insecurity and depressive symptoms in college students before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
- Food insecurity risk and dietary habits of international students in the COVID-19 pandemic period.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Navigating Food Insecurity in Higher Education: Using the Social Cognitive Theory to Identify Key Influences and Effective Interventions.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Review
- Systemic Factors Fuel Food Insecurity Among Collegiate Student-Athletes: Qualitative Findings from the Running on Empty Study.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity Predictors Differ for White, Multicultural, and International College Students in the United States.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Food insecurity and lifestyle behaviours in university students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative survey across three countries.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Food insecurity disparities and impact on academic and social experiences among college students at a large public university.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2024Article
- Plant-Based Meat Alternatives Predicted by Theory of Planned Behavior Among Midwest Undergraduates.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Web-Based Tool Designed to Encourage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Use in Urban College Students: Usability Testing Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Predicting food insecurity among UK university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.Public health nutrition · 2024Article
- Prevalence of and Contributors to Food Insecurity among College Athletes: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2024Article
- Methods for Assessing Health Outcomes Associated with Food Insecurity in the United States College Student Population: A Narrative Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Review
- Mental distress, food insecurity and university student dropout during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: evidence from South Africa.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Evaluating a Campus Food Pantry's Potential Impact on Nutrition Security using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) Framework.Current developments in nutrition · 2023Article
- Food insecurity and risky sexual behaviors among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity, Food Assistance, and Psychological Distress among University Students: Cross-Sectional Survey Western Australia, 2020.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity in Higher Education: A Contemporary Review of Impacts and Explorations of Solutions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
- Measuring Food Insecurity: The Problem with Semantics.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
During COVID-19 restrictions in spring 2020, college students experienced closed dormitories and increased unemployment and many students moved in with their families. College students were vulnerable to food insecurity pre-pandemic and this study examined how the living situations and food security status changed for Midwestern university students due to COVID-19 restrictions. An email survey administered to Iowa State University students between the ages of 18 and 30 who physically attended campus prior to its closure produced 1434 responses. Students living with a parent or guardian increased by 44% and were less likely to experience food insecurity or less likely to work. They had lower stress and ate more home-cooked meals. Students living on their own had higher rates of food insecurity, greater stress, poorer health status, higher cooking self-efficacy, and worked more hours. Seventeen percent of all students were food insecure; related factors were non-White ethnicity, lower cooking self-efficacy, undergraduate status, receipt of financial aid, employment, stress, living in the same situation as before the campus closure, and consumption of more take-out or fast food. These individuals had more barriers to food access. Knowledge of these factors provide useful information to inform future support services for this population in similar conditions.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.