Global Food Insecurity in University: Literature Review

Jia Qi Cheong

doi:10.6007/ijarbss/v11-i6/10084

Abstract

Food insecurity is a global problem among universities. This article reviews the literature on food insecurity among college students globally, utilizing incidence rate of hunger, insufficient consumption and impact on educational results in university for comparison while understanding the various approach that has been taken to reveal these findings. Recommendations proposed include managing the food insecurity on- campuses, developing program in partnership with NGOs, government agencies, and faculties’ members to ease its negative impact on students. Few if not no systematic literature review was ever done that study the issue of food insecurity in university globally.

Highlights

Food insecurity is a growing public health concern with severe adverse risks on both physical and mental health among the college students and their lifestyle including productivity (Silva, Kleinert, Sheppard, et al, 2015)
Meza et al (2018) explained that the food insecurity further impacted these students’ academic performance by physical manifestations of hunger and the mental trade-off between focusing on food and concentrating on academics. These findings reveals the impact of food insecurity to college students and why it matters for higher education to address food insecurity and how universities can plan meet the basic needs of students
The analysis focuses in detail on the scope and depth of research among college students on food insecurity, discussing how food insecurity is assessed, the various methodologies of researchers to quantify it, and areas of interest

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Introduction

Food insecurity is a growing public health concern with severe adverse risks on both physical and mental health among the college students and their lifestyle including productivity (Silva, Kleinert, Sheppard, et al, 2015). The USDA defined food insecurity as the inability to get adequate food and nutrition. It arises when the availability of nutritious and safe food or the capability to get adequate foods in socially acceptable manner is limited or uncertain (U.S Department of Agriculture, 2020; Coleman-Jensen et al, 2015). This paper conducted a systematic literature review of studies that had investigated the incident of food insecurity among college students and these includes the country of US, UK, Australia and Malaysia

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