Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia

Introduction: Food insecurity exists whenever people are unable to access sufficient food at all times for an active and healthy life. University students are a potentially vulnerable group of people to face food insecurity. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and determinants of food insecu...

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Main Authors:	Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie, Ismail, Shahidah, Sidek, Suriati, Abdul Rahman, Rozlin
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2019
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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spelling	iium-737412019-11-25T15:52:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73741/ Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Ismail, Shahidah Sidek, Suriati Abdul Rahman, Rozlin RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Introduction: Food insecurity exists whenever people are unable to access sufficient food at all times for an active and healthy life. University students are a potentially vulnerable group of people to face food insecurity. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity among a population of university students in Kuantan, in the state of Pahang. Methods: Food security status was identified using the United States Adult Food Security Survey Module (USAFSSM). Factors, which include demographic background, spending expenditure pattern and time constraints, were assessed. A total of 316 students were selected through stratified random sampling throughout six faculties of the International Islamic University Malaysia, of whom 307 successfully completed the survey. Results: The result shows that 54.4% of the students were experiencing food insecurity, from which 32.9% were sub-categorised as low food security and 21.5% as very low food security. Food insecurity was found to be significantly associated with time constraints (p<0.05), spending on books (p<0.05), miscellaneous items (p<0.05), parents’ income (p<0.001) and scholarship type (p<0.001). Conclusion: Apart from the high incidence of food insecurity among the students, time and financial affordability appeared to be critical concerns in this study. Since food insecurity has become a significant issue with university students, it should be addressed and prioritised by the relevant authorities. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73741/1/73741_Prevalence%20and%20factors%20affecting%20food.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73741/7/73741_Prevalence%20and%20factors%20affecting%20food%20insecurity%20among%20university%20students%20in%20Pahang%2C%20Malaysia_Scopus.pdf Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie and Ismail, Shahidah and Sidek, Suriati and Abdul Rahman, Rozlin (2019) Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 25 (1). pp. 59-67. ISSN 1394-035X http://nutriweb.org.my/mjn/publication/25-1/f.pdf
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spellingShingle	RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Ismail, Shahidah Sidek, Suriati Abdul Rahman, Rozlin Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia
description	Introduction: Food insecurity exists whenever people are unable to access sufficient food at all times for an active and healthy life. University students are a potentially vulnerable group of people to face food insecurity. This study aimed to identify the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity among a population of university students in Kuantan, in the state of Pahang. Methods: Food security status was identified using the United States Adult Food Security Survey Module (USAFSSM). Factors, which include demographic background, spending expenditure pattern and time constraints, were assessed. A total of 316 students were selected through stratified random sampling throughout six faculties of the International Islamic University Malaysia, of whom 307 successfully completed the survey. Results: The result shows that 54.4% of the students were experiencing food insecurity, from which 32.9% were sub-categorised as low food security and 21.5% as very low food security. Food insecurity was found to be significantly associated with time constraints (p<0.05), spending on books (p<0.05), miscellaneous items (p<0.05), parents’ income (p<0.001) and scholarship type (p<0.001). Conclusion: Apart from the high incidence of food insecurity among the students, time and financial affordability appeared to be critical concerns in this study. Since food insecurity has become a significant issue with university students, it should be addressed and prioritised by the relevant authorities.
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author	Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Ismail, Shahidah Sidek, Suriati Abdul Rahman, Rozlin
author_facet	Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie Ismail, Shahidah Sidek, Suriati Abdul Rahman, Rozlin
author_sort	Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
title	Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia
title_short	Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia
title_full	Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort	prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in pahang, malaysia
publisher	Nutrition Society of Malaysia
publishDate	2019
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Prevalence and factors affecting food insecurity among university students in Pahang, Malaysia

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