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Food insecurity affects Black and Hispanic students disproportionately—but for surprisingly different reasons

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Food insecurity affects up to 50% of college students, with African American and Hispanic/Latino students experiencing it 1.5 times more often than their non-Hispanic White and Asian counterparts. That puts them at greater risk for not just health problems, but also depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, stress and poorer academic performance. […]

COPH professor named president of world’s largest organization for nutrition/dietetic professionals

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Dr. Lauri Wright, a USF College of Public Health associate professor and director of the college’s nutrition and dietetics program, has been named president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Wright, a registered dietitian nutritionist who received her PhD from USF’s College of Education in 2007, specializes in food […]