(Press-News.org) 1 in 3 university students surveyed from a Parisian suburb report being unable to access desired food, with this food insecurity associated with academic dropout
Article URL: http://plos.io/4oiDEbt
Article title: Correlates of food insecurity among university students in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area of the Paris suburbs: A cross-sectional study
Author countries: France
Funding: HD : doctoral scolarship from Université Sorbonne Paris Nord https://www.univ-spn.fr/ The University administration conducted the data collection. The funders had no role in study design, data analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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1 in 3 university students surveyed from a Parisian suburb report being unable to access desired food, with this food insecurity associated with academic dropout
2025-10-29
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