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

Evolution Medicine and Public Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 11(1), P. 18 - 29

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

It is well documented that college student populations are vulnerable to food insecurity and other adverse environmental conditions. Additionally, exposure adversity can have deleterious, long-term effects on physical mental health. This study applies evolutionary life history theory examine the relationship between adversity, distress diet among resource insecure university students during COVID-19 pandemic.Structured semi-structured surveys were used assess perceptions of (including mortality risk, availability; changes in these factors over course COVID-19), distress, use campus support services. Participants included 51 recruited through an economic crisis center located at a large public southern California.Most experiencing insecurity, components increased COVID-19. Food was significantly associated with both perceived extrinsic risk whereas reduced dietary quality caloric intake. Use two or more resources and/or living family rent free disrupted associations distress.This contributes growing body applied frameworks concerned health wellbeing economically populations. also provides novel insights informed by into interventions recommendations for improving services financially students.

Language: Английский

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Understanding food insecurity risk in the United States: A longitudinal analysis

SSM - Population Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 25, P. 101569 - 101569

Published: Dec. 9, 2023

Food insecurity, lack of consistent access to the food needed for an active, healthy life, harms population health. Although substantial biomedical evidence examines connections between insecurity and health, fewer studies examine why occurs.

Language: Английский

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Structural Barriers Influencing Food Insecurity, Malnutrition, and Health Among Latinas During and After COVID-19: Considerations and Recommendations

Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 121(5), P. 837 - 843

Published: Feb. 7, 2021

Language: Английский

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Depression increases the risk of mortality among people living with diabetes: Results from national health and nutrition examination survey, USA

Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & Reviews, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17(11), P. 102892 - 102892

Published: Oct. 18, 2023

Language: Английский

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Food Insecurity, Race and Ethnicity, and Cognitive Function Among United States Older Adults

Journal of Nutrition, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 154(1), P. 233 - 242

Published: Nov. 19, 2023

Language: Английский

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