Solutions for Addressing Food Insecurity
this section is so informative which includes the factors that affect FI. Barriers, experiences, and potential solutions may look different across campuses.
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Many students related their definitions back to a general feeling of lacking: lack of time, lack of money, lack of employment, lack of food, all of which triggers their experience with FI.
This issue is so common within this population that it has become normalized which can lead to the disparity becoming desensitized
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did receive financial aid (80%), yet did not have a meal plan (73%).
I wonder if scholarships were taken into account and meal plans seem common on campus but they typically involve additional costs which may be a financial barrier for some students
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FI prevalence among college students is well documented and is significantly higher than the household average
this is interesting. it highlights an underserved and often overlooked population affected by this disparity.
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The difference between us and the people we were trying to serve: they probably had less food than we did.
Speaks volumes about the significance of the experiments objective
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Food became an obsession for the participants.
powerful wording and description of how much food took over their lives.
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As semistarvation progressed,
The next 4 paragraphs truly visualizes starvation syndrome, how your body goes into survival mode and the psychological effects that can occur.
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For example, during famine, people can focus on a variety of activities until they become debilitated. In the opposite extreme, when palatable food is available in excess, many people consume more than they need.
This reminded me of the candy bowl theory. People are more likely to subconsciously eat the candy due to it being easily accessible and visible compared to the candy being in the pantry.
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Using a biopsychosocial approach
I like how this article doesn't compare or contrast, nature v nurture but reviews the development of eating behavior using the interactions between social environment, biology, and psychology.
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Some people may have had certain eating habits for so long that they do not even realize they are unhealthy.
A voluntary change in eating patterns can become involuntary
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