Nutrients · 8 authors, 6 centres
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A cross-sectional survey of 422 Spanish university students during the COVID-19 pandemic found that about one in four students (22.9%) experienced food insecurity, with the strongest predictors being a decrease in main income, not receiving scholarships, and living arrangements before the pandemic.
This cross-sectional observational study used an online survey of 422 students at the University of the Basque Country during the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey assessed food insecurity (FI) prevalence using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) and identified predictors via weighted binary logistic regression adjusted for sex, age, and campus. The strongest predictors for FI were a decrease in the main source of income (OR, 2.80), not receiving scholarships during the pandemic (OR, 2.32), and not living with parents/relatives before the pandemic (OR, 2.03). The authors note that the study's cross-sectional design cannot establish causality, and the results are based on self-reported data, which may be subject to recall bias.
