Food insecurities are a chronic stressor and determinant of health among college students, a new survey by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities suggests.
Key findings of the 2015 College Student Health Survey from Boynton Health Services at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities revealed that 22 percent of students worried about their money running out before they had enough to eat.
The survey also found that other contributing factors to students’ stress included difficulty managing finances and mental health issues.
“This is very preliminary data but there appears to be a group of undergraduate students who report some level of food insecurity and this is causing significant stress in their lives. These data figures are strong justification for expanding our understanding of the problem in order to search for solutions,” said Dave Golden, Director of Public Health and Communications at Boynton Health Service and a co-investigator of the survey.
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