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The Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) was used for standardised assessment of FI across the study sites.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980026102894_as3\">\n                    <jats:title>Setting:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study was conducted at nine universities in different European countries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980026102894_as4\">\n                    <jats:title>Participants:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 3250 cases were included in the joint analysis, with FI assessed using the standardised FAO-developed FIES.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980026102894_as5\">\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The findings reveal considerable regional disparities in FI, with moderate or severe FI (FI\n                      <jats:sub>mod + sev<\/jats:sub>\n                      ) prevalence rates ranging from 3\u00b71 % at an Italian university to 32\u00b71 % at Ege University in T\u00fcrkiye. Seven out of nine universities had FI\n                      <jats:sub>mod + sev<\/jats:sub>\n                      prevalence rates above 10 %, exceeding the European 3-year average (2021\u20132023) of 7\u00b78 %, with rates in most universities surpassing their respective national populations. Logistic regression analysis controlling for country-level fixed effects highlighted factors associated with higher odds of FI, including being born outside Europe, lower parental education, reliance on student loans and receiving food assistance.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1368980026102894_as6\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>While the FIES provides standardised assessments across diverse contexts, the survey\u2019s timing during the COVID-19 pandemic may limit the findings\u2019 generalisability to non-pandemic periods. Future research should adopt longitudinal designs and refine the FIES to enhance its applicability in diverse settings. This study emphasises that university students in Europe have unique vulnerabilities to FI, which must be recognised to create effective interventions and further research into its structural causes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1017\/s1368980026102894","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,23]],"date-time":"2026-06-23T10:24:58Z","timestamp":1782210298000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Food insecurity among university students: a comparative analysis across nine European countries in the FINESCOP project"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Maike","family":"K\u00f6tzsche","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"id":[{"id":"https:\/\/ror.org\/033eqas34","id-type":"ROR","asserted-by":"publisher"}],"name":"Justus Liebig University Giessen 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