Feeding the student body : Insecurity and inequality among college students
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[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In this study, I investigate the impact of food and food insecurity on the lives of college students. Broadly, this research is aimed at highlighting food as a resource vital to both biological and social well-being for students at a critical period in the life course, with a particular focus on which students are food insecure and how this insecurity impacts their lives relative to their food secure counterparts. Because there is very little research on food insecurity among college student population, some initial research questions include: How prevalent is food insecurity among college students? And, who is most likely to be food insecure? I also address the following questions regarding the consequences of food insecurity for this population: How does food insecurity impact college students’ health and social life? What social mechanisms may help explain how food insecurity operates to impact health outcomes? To answer these questions, I draw on original survey data collected in the spring of 2017 from a random sample of 389 undergraduate college students.
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