Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in College Students
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Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in College Students. / Merhout, Friedolin; Doyle, Joshua.
In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, Vol. 51, No. 9, 01.07.2019, p. 1107-1112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Socioeconomic Status and Diet Quality in College Students
AU - Merhout, Friedolin
AU - Doyle, Joshua
PY - 2019/7/1
Y1 - 2019/7/1
N2 - ObjectiveTo investigate the existence and trajectory of diet disparities among college students from different socioeconomic statuses (SESs).MethodsA random sample of freshman and sophomore students was invited to participate in an online survey on eating behaviors. Ordinary least squares regressions were fit to 148 complete responses to examine the association between family income ≤200% of the federal poverty level and overall, healthy, and unhealthy food consumption.ResultsLow-SES students reported eating significantly more unhealthy food during their freshman year than their non–low-SES peers. This difference is not statistically significant for second-year students and robust to on-campus spending power.Conclusions and ImplicationsDisparities in diets for students from different socioeconomic backgrounds that were observed in the freshman year of college were absent in the sophomore year. Awareness of these disparities and trend is important to broadly promote healthy eating.
AB - ObjectiveTo investigate the existence and trajectory of diet disparities among college students from different socioeconomic statuses (SESs).MethodsA random sample of freshman and sophomore students was invited to participate in an online survey on eating behaviors. Ordinary least squares regressions were fit to 148 complete responses to examine the association between family income ≤200% of the federal poverty level and overall, healthy, and unhealthy food consumption.ResultsLow-SES students reported eating significantly more unhealthy food during their freshman year than their non–low-SES peers. This difference is not statistically significant for second-year students and robust to on-campus spending power.Conclusions and ImplicationsDisparities in diets for students from different socioeconomic backgrounds that were observed in the freshman year of college were absent in the sophomore year. Awareness of these disparities and trend is important to broadly promote healthy eating.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - college students
KW - diet
KW - socioeconomic status
KW - food access
U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2019.06.021
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2019.06.021
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31345675
VL - 51
SP - 1107
EP - 1112
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
SN - 1499-4046
IS - 9
ER -
ID: 227203030