Food insecurity prevalence among college students at the university of Hawai’i at Manoa
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Objectives: To assess the prevalence and identify possible predictors of food insecurity among college students at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Design: Cross-sectional survey, including the US Department of Agriculture’s Household Food Security Survey Module, demographic and spending variables. Setting: University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i (USA). Subjects: Four hundred and forty-one non-freshmen students from thirty-one randomly selected classes. Results: Twenty-one per cent of students surveyed were food-insecure, while 24 % were at risk of food insecurity. Students at higher risk of food insecurity included those who reported living on campus and those living off-campus with room mates. Those identifying themselves as Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, Filipinos and mixed were also at increased risk of food insecurity. Conclusions: Food insecurity is a significant problem among college students at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Food availability and accessibility should be increased for these students through the establishment of on-campus food banks and student gardens. Future studies should assess the prevalence of food insecurity in other college campuses nationwide.
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Numerous cross-sectional studies have reported that food insecurity prevalence among U.S. college students ranges from 14% to 59%.
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“However, this research, consistent with other research (Chaparro et al., 2009; Hughes et al., 2011; Micevski et al., 2014), shows that the reality of rental market housing, particularly in a rural university town, resulted in even higher rates of food insecurity.”
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- Authors
- Pia Chaparro, M., Zaghloul, S. S., Holck, P., & Dobbs, J.
- Affiliations
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- Venue
- Public Health Nutrition
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2009-08-04
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 2097-2103
- ISSN
- 1368-9800 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-2727
- OpenAlex
- W2124700502
- Cited by
- 265
- References
- 13
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- FWCI
- 1.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Public Health Nutrition (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Hawai'i
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Security and Socioeconomic Dynamics
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior
- Keywords
- food insecurity, university students, prevalence, risk factors, on-campus housing, roommates, race and ethnicity, Filipino students, food banks, food availability and accessibility
- MeSH terms
- Cross-Sectional Studies, Diet, Female, Food Supply, Hawaii, Housing, Humans, Indians, North American, Male, Philippines, Students, Universities, Prevalence, Malnutrition, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
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