Snack Consumption and Food Security Among College Students in the US During COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Niliarys Sifre, Cristina Palacios, Jafar Ali Ajaj Jaafar, Gabriel Corea, Rianna Uddin, Lukkamol Prapkree |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Consumption (economics)
Nutrition and Dietetics Food security Descriptive statistics Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) digestive oral and skin physiology food and beverages Medicine (miscellaneous) Overweight Whole grains Community and Public Health Nutrition Geography Environmental health Pandemic medicine medicine.symptom Self report Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Curr Dev Nutr |
| ISSN: | 2475-2991 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVES: During COVID-19 pandemic, most students have been confined to their home. This situation may affect snack consumption and food security. Our objective was to determine the associations among snack intake, snack accessibility and availability, household income, and food security status in US overweight college students aged 18–24 years. METHODS: A cross-sectional survey was assessed through online self-reported questionnaires via Qualtrics from June 2020 to January 2021. Descriptive statistics were used to examine the frequency, percentages, and average of socio-demographic data, including household income and food security status and snack intake data. The associations among these variables were determined by logistic regression. RESULTS: A total of 157 students completed the survey but only 145 completed all questions in the survey. Most students were female (84.8%), Hispanics (37.2%), with a mean age of 21.5 ± 2.0 years. The majority reported a household income of |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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