ArticleNutrients2022
Underestimating College Student Food Insecurity: Marginally Food Secure Students May Not Be Food Secure.
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- Analysis of Food Insecurity in U.S. Colleges Using Current Assessment Tools-A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2026Pooled it
- Food insecurity in New York City college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal analysis of predictors, correlates, and trajectories.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2026Article
- Food Insecurity was Associated With Poorer Sleep Quality and Increased Stress Among Dental Students at a HBCU and a Predominantly White School.Journal of dental education · 2026Article
- Food Insecurity Predicts Excessive Exercise, Dietary Restriction, Cognitive Restraint, and Purging, but Not Binge Eating, in College Students Across 3 Months.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Food Acquisition Coping Strategies Vary Based on Food Security Among University Students.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Measuring food security in university students: A comparison of the USDA 10-item and six-item food security survey modules.Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition · 2024Article
- Food insecurity is inversely associated with positive childhood experiences among a nationally representative sample of children aged 0-17 years in the USA.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity in Higher Education: A Contemporary Review of Impacts and Explorations of Solutions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Review
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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 of FS was measured using the validated USDA 10-item FS survey module. Independent variables, such as demographic and student characteristics and cumulative grade point average (GPA), were gathered from institutional databases, and self-reported mechanisms of financing education were measured using a novel scale. Results from the multinomial logistic regression revealed statistically significant differences in GPA between students with marginal and high FS (p < 0.001), but not between students with marginal and low FS (p = 0.31). This work has implications beyond college students and suggests that marginally food secure populations should not be labeled as food secure.
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