Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Associations with Academic Performance, Food Consumption and Social Support among University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: FINESCOP Project in Iceland
dc.contributor.author | Repella, Brittany M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Rice, James G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Arroyo Izaga, Marta | |
dc.contributor.author | Torheim, Liv E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Birgisdottir, Bryndis E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jakobsdottir, Greta | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-08T16:05:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-08T16:05:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-03-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Nutrients 16(6) : (2024) // Article ID 764 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.issn | 2072-6643 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/66549 | |
dc.description.abstract | (1) Background: Food insecurity (FI) among university students has received less attention in Europe than in other regions before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between January and March 2022 using an online questionnaire (n = 924). The questionnaire addressed food security status; demographic, socioeconomic, and educational variables; academic performance; food consumption; and social support networks. The validated Food Insecurity Experience Scale was used to measure food security. Binary logistic regressions adjusted by age and gender were applied to identify FI-related factors. (3) Results: Just over 17% of the students were living with some level of FI, nearly one in three students reported having consumed few kinds of food, and 3.9% spent an entire day without eating due to a lack of resources. Food insecurity was associated with a higher likelihood of negative academic performance, decreased food consumption, and a lower likelihood of having a large support network, when compared to food-secure respondents. (4) Conclusions: The findings suggest that FI negatively impacts students’ academic performance and food consumption. Future public health programs should be prioritized to prevent students from experiencing hunger due to financial or resource constraints. | es_ES |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by the University of Iceland Research Fund (No. 15625), the Icelandic Public Health Fund (No. P-2021-11-09-0001), and the BIOMICs Research Group is supported by the Basque Government (No. IT1633-22). | es_ES |
dc.language.iso | eng | es_ES |
dc.publisher | MDPI | es_ES |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es_ES |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/es/ | |
dc.subject | food security | es_ES |
dc.subject | university students | es_ES |
dc.subject | coronavirus | es_ES |
dc.subject | academic performance | es_ES |
dc.subject | food consumption | es_ES |
dc.title | Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Associations with Academic Performance, Food Consumption and Social Support among University Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic: FINESCOP Project in Iceland | es_ES |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es_ES |
dc.date.updated | 2024-03-27T13:16:15Z | |
dc.rights.holder | © 2024 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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). | es_ES |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/16/6/764 | es_ES |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/nu16060764 | |
dc.departamentoes | Farmacia y ciencias de los alimentos | |
dc.departamentoeu | Farmazia eta elikagaien zientziak |
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