Prevalence and Correlates of Food Insecurity Among Students Attending a Midsize Rural University in Oregon

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 209-214

  Patton López, Megan M ^a   López Cevallos, Daniel F ^b   Cancel Tirado, Doris I ^c   Vazquez, Leticia ^c  

^a Benton County Health Services   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Food insecurity; Oregon; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OREGON; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899943390     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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