Food insecurity (FI) – the lack of sufficient access to food to maintain a healthy lifestyle – among college (i.e. post-secondary or higher education institution) students has become a prominent issue in the U.S. However, it is not clear if high rates of FI among students are due to the modern experience in higher education institutions or due to underlying issues in common surveying methods. To understand if there were underlying content validity issues, the present study had two primary resear...
Last.Caitlin Clarke(UIUC: University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign)
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(1) Background: Undernutrition and micronutrient deficiency have been consistently linked to cognitive impairment among children and young adults. As a primary source of dietary animal protein, beef consumption holds the potential to improve diet quality and positively influence cognitive function. This study systematically reviewed evidence linking beef intake to cognition among children and young adults. (2) Methods: A literature search was conducted in seven electronic bibliographic databases...
Background A growing body of evidence suggests that post-secondary (i.e. college) students in the US are at higher risk of food insecurity (FI) than the general population. However, the accuracy of the common assessment procedures has come into question. Evidence suggests that pairing the 10-item Food Security Survey Module (FSSM) with a brief screener may produce the most accurate estimates, but this protocol has thus far not been adopted in the field to understand correlates of FI among studen...