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Food Insecurity, Food Assistance, and Psychological Distress among University Students: Cross-Sectional Survey Western Australia, 2020.
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- Food insecurity among university students in Australia: A systematic review of prevalence, predictors, health and academic outcomes.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2026Pooled it
- Social Vulnerability and Child Food Insecurity in Developed Countries: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Pooled it
- Focusing attention on the important association between food insecurity and psychological distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nutrition · 2024Pooled it
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- Unequal burdens: a scoping review of key social determinants of health affecting wellbeing of international vs. domestic students.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Food insecurity and cultural food access among international college students in the USA.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
- "I bought it, but I still don't know what it is": international students dealing with a new food culture in Norway - A qualitative study.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Experiences of financial stress on health, wellbeing and food insecurity among student dietitians on unpaid mandatory student placements.Nutrition & dietetics : the journal of the Dietitians Association of Australia · 2025Article
- A Qualitative Exploration of Food Insecurity and Institutional Support Among International Students at a Regional Australian University.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Food Insecurity Among Australian University Students Is Higher and More Severe Across an Extended Period of High Inflation: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study 2022-2024.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- Clusters of Sociodemographic Characteristics and Their Association with Food Insecurity in Mexican University Students.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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Abstract
University students have been identified as a population sub-group vulnerable to food insecurity. This vulnerability increased in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to assess factors associated with food insecurity among university students and the differences between students with and without children. A cross-sectional survey of (n = 213) students attending one university in Western Australia measured food insecurity, psychological distress, and socio-demographic characteristics. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify factors associated with food insecurity. Forty-eight percent of students who responded to the survey had experienced food insecurity in 2020. International students who were studying in Australia were nine times more likely to experience food insecurity than domestic students (AOR = 9.13; 95% CI = 2.32-35.97). International students with children were more likely to experience food insecurity than international students without children (
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