Food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students

University students are vulnerable to experience food insecurity. This is due to their economic wellbeing in which their limited funds are not only for buying food, but also to pay for fees and other living expenses. Food expenditure is among the expenses that will be affected and reduced in orde...

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Main Authors:	Awang, Syakirah, Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply
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spelling	iium-656012018-09-07T08:46:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65601/ Food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students Awang, Syakirah Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie RA Public aspects of medicine TX341 Nutrition. Foods and food supply University students are vulnerable to experience food insecurity. This is due to their economic wellbeing in which their limited funds are not only for buying food, but also to pay for fees and other living expenses. Food expenditure is among the expenses that will be affected and reduced in order to survive at the university. Unfortunately, this situation results in food insecurity and subsequent consequences. A cross sectional study was conducted among students from Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences (KAHS) of IIUM Kuantan to assess the food security status and stress level among the population. Two hundred students were recruited as the participants in the study. The survey was conducted using the selfadministered questionnaire containing Food Insecurity Experienced Scale (FIES) and DASS 21 items. As food insecurity amplifies many nutritional, health and development impacts, this study also aimed to highlight any association of food insecurity with stress level and academic performance. Overall, 74.5% of KAHS students surveyed were food insecure. The study discovered a significant association between food insecurity and stress level (r=0.248, p<0.001). Besides, a negative association between food insecurity and academic performance was also revealed (r= -0.165, p=0.02). As a conclusion, food insecurity among university students may contribute to poor stress level and reduced academic performance. Actions need to be taken to improve the food security status to help the students to further excel in their studies. 2018-07-24 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65601/1/NSM%202018%20WA%20POSTER%20PRESENTATION.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65601/2/2018%20NSM%20POSTER%20AZDIE.pdf Awang, Syakirah and Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie (2018) Food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students. In: 33rd Scientific Conference of the Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2018, 24th-26th July 2018, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) https://www.nsmconference.org.my/wp-content/uploads/download/2018/NSM33rd%20Scientific%20Conference%20Programme%20and%20Abstracts%20Book%20r1.pdf
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description	University students are vulnerable to experience food insecurity. This is due to their economic wellbeing in which their limited funds are not only for buying food, but also to pay for fees and other living expenses. Food expenditure is among the expenses that will be affected and reduced in order to survive at the university. Unfortunately, this situation results in food insecurity and subsequent consequences. A cross sectional study was conducted among students from Kulliyyah of Allied Health Sciences (KAHS) of IIUM Kuantan to assess the food security status and stress level among the population. Two hundred students were recruited as the participants in the study. The survey was conducted using the selfadministered questionnaire containing Food Insecurity Experienced Scale (FIES) and DASS 21 items. As food insecurity amplifies many nutritional, health and development impacts, this study also aimed to highlight any association of food insecurity with stress level and academic performance. Overall, 74.5% of KAHS students surveyed were food insecure. The study discovered a significant association between food insecurity and stress level (r=0.248, p<0.001). Besides, a negative association between food insecurity and academic performance was also revealed (r= -0.165, p=0.02). As a conclusion, food insecurity among university students may contribute to poor stress level and reduced academic performance. Actions need to be taken to improve the food security status to help the students to further excel in their studies.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Awang, Syakirah Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
author_facet	Awang, Syakirah Mohd Abu Bakar, Wan Azdie
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title	Food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students
title_short	Food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students
title_full	Food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students
title_fullStr	Food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students
title_full_unstemmed	Food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students
title_sort	food security status affects stress level and academic performance among university students
publishDate	2018
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