Food Security among Students during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abstract
Food insecurity among students takes place and continues to grow during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is an emerging body of work on the effect of the pandemic on education outcomes but there has been less concentrate on food security outcomes. In this article, we explore research trends on food security among students; contexts influencing student food security during the pandemic; recommendations on food security research issues among students in Thailand during the pandemic. The results reveal that, first of all, the outbreak of COVID-19 influences on student food security. Research on student food security during the epidemic focused on some issues such as (1) the situation of food insecurity among students (2) student food consumption patterns, and (3) dietary choices as well as adjustments of households and students in food consumption. (4) government policies. Student contexts affects how they encounter with their food security, especially the disruption of educational institutions as well as the income and economic status of households during the outbreak. Such contexts have a significant effect on students' access to food and are associated with socio-economic differences. Second, pointing out interesting research issues on food security among students which can apply those issues to do research during the COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand. Those research issues include rates of food insecurity and food insecurity experiences, capital, and urbanization. Food security is an interdisciplinary concept with relevance to economic, cultural, and social considerations. The sociological theory is one of the tools that can be used to understand food security among students during the epidemic.
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