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  • College students are less food insecure than non-students

    Nov 25, 2020 12:15 pm by Marianne SteinResearch
    students share a meal in a U of I cafeteria. Photo by Brian Stauffer

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    • students share a meal in a U of I cafeteria. Photo by Brian Stauffer

    'College hunger' was widely reported in the media after several studies found up to 50 or 60% food insecurity rates among college students. 'That did not make sense to those of us doing research on food insecurity,' says Professor Craig Gundersen.