Food insecurity, Mediterranean diet adherence, and psychosocial health among university students in Türkiye      
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Doç. Dr. Kübra ESİN Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Feride Ayyıldız
Gazi Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı International Journal of Environmental Health Research
Dergi ISSN 0960-3123 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Expanded
Dergi Grubu Q3
Makale Dili Türkçe
Basım Tarihi 01-2024
Cilt No 34
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 649 / 659
DOI Numarası 10.1080/09603123.2023.2300405
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09603123.2023.2300405
Özet
The aim was to examine the relationship between food insecurity and adherence to the Mediterranean diet, academic achievement, depression, anxiety, and stress among university students. This cross-sectional study was conducted with 2039 university students studying in Türkiye. Sixty-eight point two per cent of the students were food insecure. Food security (FS) scores were negatively associated with adherence to the MD and academic achievement, and positively associated with depression, anxiety, and stress scores. A 1-unit increase in FS score resulted in a statistically significant increase of 0.458, 0.468, and 0.400 units in depression, anxiety, and stress scores, respectively, and a significant decrease of 0.140 units in the MD adherence screener score. Food insecurity among university students in Türkiye is very common, and students with food insecurity have low adherence to the MD and low academic achievement and high depression, anxiety, and stress scores. Financial support as well as financial and food literacy provided to students play an important role in managing food insecurity.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Food security | Mediterranean diet | anxiety | depression | stress