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This project was supported in part by funding from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cooperative agreement (U58DP000020), awarded to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health's Division of Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention.

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September 29, 2024
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Food insecurity and the consumption of plant-centered meals and high sodium foods among students at three large state universities

Publicated to:Journal Of American College Health. - 2024-09-03 (), DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2024.2400568

Authors: Chatmon, Janae; Kuo, Tony; Plunkett, Scott W; Besnilian, Annette; Robles, Brenda

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Calif State Univ Northridge, Marilyn Magaram Ctr Food Sci Nutr & Dietet, Dept Family & Consumer Sci, Northridge, CA USA - Author
Calif State Univ, Dept Psychol, Northridge, CA USA - Author
Charles R Drew Univ Med & Sci, Coll Med, Los Angeles, CA USA - Author
Inst Salud Carlos III, Ctr Invest Biomed Red Epidemiol & Salud Publ, CIBERESP, Madrid, Spain - Author
Stanford Univ Med Ctr, Stanford Hlth Care, Palo Alto, CA USA - Author
UCLA, Clin & Translat Sci Inst, Populat Hlth Program, Los Angeles, CA USA - Author
UCLA, David Geffen Sch Med, Med Educ Program, Los Angeles, CA USA - Author
UCLA, Dept Family Med, David Geffen Sch Med, Los Angeles, CA USA - Author
UCLA, Fielding Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Los Angeles, CA USA - Author
Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles UCLA Fielding Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Policy & Management, Los Angeles, CA USA - Author
Univ Girona, Res Grp Stat Econometr & Hlth GRECS, Girona, Spain - Author
Univ Rovira i Virgili, Dept Econ, Reus, Spain - Author
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Abstract

Objective: To examine the associations between food insecurity and plant-centered meal consumption and other sodium-related dietary behaviors among university students. Methods: A web-based survey of students at three California state universities was conducted between August 2018 to May 2019. Multivariable logistic regressions examined the associations between food insecurity and four sodium-related dietary behaviors. Interaction terms were introduced to assess if race/ethnicity moderated these associations. Results: High food insecurity was associated with increased odds of reporting 'likely to order' plant-centered meals (AOR = 1.55, 95% CI = 1.16-2.05). Moderate food insecurity was associated with increased odds of frequently eating processed foods (AOR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.13-1.74). No moderation effects were found for race/ethnicity. Conclusions: University students with high food insecurity appeared receptive to ordering plant-centered meals, whereas those with moderate food insecurity consumed more processed foods. State universities should encourage and offer more low-sodium, plant-centered meal options in their food venues, on- and off-campus, to promote student health.

Keywords

AdultsChildrenCollege-studentsDietExperienceFood insecurityPlant-centered mealsPrevalenceProgressSalt reductionSodium-related dietary behaviorsStudent healthUniversity student

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of American College Health due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency Scopus (SJR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position , thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-29:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 5.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (Robles, Brenda).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Robles, Brenda.