College student food insecurity and its relationship to fruit and vegetable intake and overweight/obesity at a HBCU

Abstract

USDA-AFSSM, United States department of agriculture adult food security survey module; BMI, body mass index; HBCU, historically black college /university This study assessed the level of food insecurity among students attending a large HBCU; fast food consumption among the food

Food insecurity among college students

“…Multiple studies have found that African American students are more likely to experience food insecurity (Camelo & Elliott, ; Crutchfield & Maguire, ; Dubick et al, ; Freudenberg et al, ; Goldrick‐Rab et al, ; Martinez et al, ; Morris et al, ; Payne‐Sturges et al, ; Phillips, ; Phillips et al, ). Work around students at historically black colleges and universities also suggests that students at these institutions experience significant food insecurity (Thompson, Gayle, & Castor, ). Forman et al () found that Hispanic students were more likely to experience food insecurity in their study of undergraduates at University of Texas at Austin.…”