在美国,白人,多元文化和国际大学生中,粮食不安全预测因素不同
Abigail A Glick1, Donna M Winham1, Mack C Shelley2
1Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA.
Nutrients
|January 25, 2025
概括
粮食不安全影响了超过四分之一的大学生,特别是多元文化和国际学生. 高昂的食品成本和交通障碍是关键预测因素,影响饮食选择和节目使用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 营养科学 营养科学
背景情况:
- 粮食不安全是高等教育中一个公认的问题,影响学生的学习.
- 在多元化的大学生群体中对粮食不安全的研究是有限的.
- 文化多元化的学生,包括多元文化和国际学生,面临着独特的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 估计美国出生的白人,美国出生的多元文化和国际学生中粮食不安全的患病率和预测因素.
- 描述食物不安全的学生的饮食和食特征.
- 检查食品援助计划的使用情况,包括校园食品仓库.
主要方法:
- 2022年4月,在中西部一所大学对853名18-34岁的学生进行了一项横截面在线调查.
- 该调查包括美国成人粮食安全模块,人口统计问题以及对饮食摄入量,态度,访问障碍和社会生态模型框架内的程序使用的评估.
- 统计分析包括双项和多项物流回归,以确定粮食不安全的预测因素.
主要成果:
- 总体而言,粮食不安全的患病率为26.7%,国际学生 (26.8%) 和多元文化学生 (35.6%) 的患病率明显高于白人学生 (19.9%).
- 粮食不安全的主要预测因素包括种族/种族,自我报告的健康状况不佳,本科生身份,高粮食成本和有限的运输.
- 饮食特征因出生地-种族而异,而不是因粮食安全状况而异,粮食成本对粮食不安全的学生的选择有很大影响.
结论:
- 粮食不安全不成比例地影响着多元文化和国际学生群体.
- 高昂的食品成本是粮食安全的重要障碍,并影响饮食选择.
- 国际学生对营养援助计划和校园食品储藏室的利用率更高.
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