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. 2020 Jul 15;4(8):nzaa120. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa120

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.