Assessing the prevalence and potential drivers of food insecurity and the relationship with mental wellbeing in UK university students: A cross‐sectional study.
Food insecurity (FI) among university students in the United States has been associated with poor mental wellbeing, but very little is known about the relationship between FI and mental wellbeing in the UK university population. Here we examined the prevalence of FI, determined potential drivers for...
| Publicado en: | Nutrition Bulletin Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 96 - 108 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Mar2024
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