TABLE 2.
Food security and weight status of second-year college students, USA, 20171
| Food security status | Weight status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University, n | High food security | Marginal food security | Low food security | Very low food security | Underweight | Normal weight | Overweight | Obese |
| University of Florida, 221 | 121 (54.8) | 45 (20.4) | 35 (15.8) | 20 (9.0) | 9 (4.2) | 134 (62.6) | 59 (27.6) | 12 (5.6) |
| Syracuse University, 100 | 55 (55.0) | 22 (22.0) | 14 (14.0) | 9 (9.0) | 5 (5.1) | 64 (64.6) | 22 (22.2) | 8 (8.1) |
| University of Maine, 95 | 53 (55.8) | 24 (25.3) | 9 (9.5) | 9 (9.5) | 3 (3.3) | 46 (50.0) | 30 (32.6) | 13 (14.1) |
| University of Tennessee, 89 | 41 (46.1) | 18 (20.2) | 15 (16.9) | 15 (16.9) | 3 (3.5) | 39 (45.3) | 29 (33.7) | 15 (17.4) |
| Kansas State University, 75 | 38 (50.7) | 13 (17.3) | 13 (17.3) | 11 (14.7) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (47.1) | 32 (47.1) | 4 (5.9) |
| West Virginia University, 45 | 20 (44.4) | 14 (31.1) | 4 (8.9) | 7 (15.6) | 1 (2.4) | 22 (52.4) | 11 (26.2) | 8 (19.0) |
| Auburn University, 29 | 15 (51.7) | 7 (24.1) | 3 (10.3) | 4 (13.8) | 2 (6.9) | 18 (62.1) | 5 (17.2) | 4 (13.8) |
| South Dakota State University, 29 | 14 (48.3) | 9 (31.0) | 5 (17.2) | 1 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (38.5) | 11 (42.3) | 5 (19.2) |
| Total | 357 (52.3) | 152 (22.3) | 98 (14.3) | 76 (11.1) | 23 (3.5) | 365 (55.6) | 199 (30.3) | 69 (10.5) |
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n = 683. Values are n (%) unless otherwise indicated.