Suzanna M. Martinez|Michael Grandner|Aydin Nazmi|Elias Ruben Canedo|Lorrene D. Ritchie
Pathways from Food Insecurity to Health Outcomes among California University Students
University of California, San Francisco|University of Arizona|California Polytechnic State University|University of California, Berkeley|University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
prevalence food insecurity fi among college students alarmingly high yet impact student health well investigated aim current study examine simultaneous relationships food insecurity healthrelated outcomes including body mass index bmi overall health college student population randomly sampled students university california 10 campus system invited participate online survey spring 2015 analytic sample size 8705 graduate undergraduate students data collected fi past year daily servings fruits vegetables fv number days past week enough sleep moderate vigorousintensity physical activity mvpa height weight selfrated health student characteristics using path analysis mediated pathways fi bmi poor health examined fv intake number days mvpa enough sleep analyses controlled student characteristics mean bmi 236 kgm2 sd 50 average selfrated health good fi directly indirectly related higher bmi poor health three pathways first fi related fewer days enough sleep turn related increased bmi poor health second fi related fewer days mvpa turn related increased bmi poor health third fi related fewer daily servings fv turn related poor health fi associated poor health behaviors among college students may contribute higher weight status poor health findings highlight importance food security healthy college experience