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Food Insecurity, Depression, and Race: Correlations Observed Among College Students at a University in the Southeastern United States
Food insecurity is common among college students in the United States and is associated with poorer health-related outcomes and academic performance. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of food insecurity at a large, public university in Mississippi, a state with the second highest...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7664923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33182386 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218268 |
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author | Reeder, Nicole Tapanee, Pradtana Persell, Anna Tolar-Peterson, Terezie |
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description | Food insecurity is common among college students in the United States and is associated with poorer health-related outcomes and academic performance. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of food insecurity at a large, public university in Mississippi, a state with the second highest rate of food insecurity in the nation, and to examine the associations between food insecurity, depression, and race in this group of students. Food security was measured using the United States Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form, and depression was measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. In total, 131 students ages 18–24 participated in the study. Food insecurity was present in 38.2% of students surveyed. The odds of food insecurity were higher among African American students compared to Caucasian students (OR = 3.50, 95% CI: 1.38, 8.90). Students with very low food security had 4.52-times greater odds of having depression than food-secure students (p = 0.011, 95% CI: 1.42, 14.36). Neither body mass index nor body fat percentage were associated with food security status. Further research is needed on strategies to address the risk of depression among food-insecure college students and the racial disparity in food insecurity rates present among college students. |
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spelling | pubmed-76649232020-11-14 Food Insecurity, Depression, and Race: Correlations Observed Among College Students at a University in the Southeastern United States Reeder, Nicole Tapanee, Pradtana Persell, Anna Tolar-Peterson, Terezie Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Food insecurity is common among college students in the United States and is associated with poorer health-related outcomes and academic performance. The aims of this study were to assess the prevalence of food insecurity at a large, public university in Mississippi, a state with the second highest rate of food insecurity in the nation, and to examine the associations between food insecurity, depression, and race in this group of students. Food security was measured using the United States Department of Agriculture Household Food Security Survey Module: Six-Item Short Form, and depression was measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. In total, 131 students ages 18–24 participated in the study. Food insecurity was present in 38.2% of students surveyed. The odds of food insecurity were higher among African American students compared to Caucasian students (OR = 3.50, 95% CI: 1.38, 8.90). Students with very low food security had 4.52-times greater odds of having depression than food-secure students (p = 0.011, 95% CI: 1.42, 14.36). Neither body mass index nor body fat percentage were associated with food security status. Further research is needed on strategies to address the risk of depression among food-insecure college students and the racial disparity in food insecurity rates present among college students. MDPI 2020-11-09 2020-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7664923/ /pubmed/33182386 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218268 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Reeder, Nicole Tapanee, Pradtana Persell, Anna Tolar-Peterson, Terezie Food Insecurity, Depression, and Race: Correlations Observed Among College Students at a University in the Southeastern United States |
title | Food Insecurity, Depression, and Race: Correlations Observed Among College Students at a University in the Southeastern United States |
title_full | Food Insecurity, Depression, and Race: Correlations Observed Among College Students at a University in the Southeastern United States |
title_fullStr | Food Insecurity, Depression, and Race: Correlations Observed Among College Students at a University in the Southeastern United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Food Insecurity, Depression, and Race: Correlations Observed Among College Students at a University in the Southeastern United States |
title_short | Food Insecurity, Depression, and Race: Correlations Observed Among College Students at a University in the Southeastern United States |
title_sort | food insecurity, depression, and race: correlations observed among college students at a university in the southeastern united states |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7664923/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33182386 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17218268 |
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