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Table 2 Prevalence of high, marginal, low, and very low food security among first-year college students at risk of weight gain in the United States (n = 855), 2016

From: Prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among U.S. college students: a multi-institutional study

University

Total (n)

Food-secure n (%)

Food-insecure n (%)

All

High Food Security

Marginal Food Security

All

Low Food Security

Very Low Food Security

Auburn University

56

43 (76.8)

32 (57.1)

11 (19.6)

13 (23.2)

10 (17.9)

3 (5.4)

University of Florida

244

191 (78.3)

129 (52.9)

62 (25.4)

53 (21.7)

34 (13.9)

19 (7.8)

Syracuse University

130

110 (84.6)

83 (63.8)

27 (20.8)

20 (15.4)

13 (10.0)

7 (5.4)

University of Tennessee

88

66 (75.0)

47 (53.4)

19 (21.6)

22 (25.0)

11 (12.5)

11 (12.5)

University of Maine

129

108 (83.7)

75 (58.1)

33 (25.6)

21 (16.3)

14 (10.9)

7 (5.4)

South Dakota State University

44

38 (86.4)

26 (59.1)

12 (27.3)

6 (13.6)

3 (6.8)

3 (6.8)

West Virginia University

70

65 (92.9)

40 (57.1)

25 (35.7)

5 (7.1)

3 (4.3)

2 (2.9)

Kansas State University

94

71 (75.5)

44 (46.8)

27 (28.7)

23 (24.5)

15 (16.0)

8 (8.5)

Total

855

692 (80.9)

476 (55.7)

216 (25.3)

163 (19.1)

103 (12.0)

60 (7.0)