Should College Students Get Free Food?

Name: Course Code: Date: Free Food in College Bruening, Meg, et al. "Factors related to the high rates of food insecurity among diverse, urban college freshmen." Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 116.9 (2016): 1450-1457. Bruening, M., Brennhofer, S., van Woerden, I., Todd, M., & Laska, M. (2016). Factors related to the high rates of food insecurity among diverse, urban college freshmen. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 116(9), 1450-1457. (APA) This source is a journal as it has a clear structure indicating scientific research study. It has an abstract, preceded by sections indicating the study’s purpose, design, outcomes, and discussion of findings. This source was found through a library search. The credential of the authors are as follows: Meg Bruening, Ph.D., MPH, RD, Assistant Professor, Stephanie Nelson, DTR, Graduate student, Irene van Woerden, MS, Graduate student, Michael Todd, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Research, and Melissa Laska, Ph.D., RD, Associate Professor. This source was published in 2016 and has not been modified since then. No bias exists in this source as its aim is to examine the pervasiveness of food security and connections with health outcomes among college students. In this source, the authors use a sample of two-hundred and nine scholars inhabiting residence halls, and find that in the past month, thirty-two percent reported inconsistent access to food. Food insecurity was linked to depression. This source’s information relates to the research question as interventions are required to assist students facing food insecurity, as it is linked to health outcomes. Tomar, David A. Hungry to Learn: Food Insecurity Spreads on Campus 28 April 2018. The Quad. https://thebestschools.org/magazine/hungry-to-learn-food-insecurity-spreads-on-campus/. 28 April 2018. Tomar, D. M. (2018, April 28). Hungry to Learn: Food Insecurity Spreads on Campus. Retrieved from https://thebestschools.org/magazine/hungry-to-learn-food-insecurity-spreads-on-campus/. 28 April 2018. (APA) The author, David A. Tomar, is a journalist and an author who has written extensively on pop culture, education, music and basically any other topic that does not involve math. Tomar has written for Huffington Post and The New York Times and has appeared on ABC World News and The Today Show. Tomar catapulted to notoriety with his eye-opening and controversial 2010 article “The Shadow Scholar.” This article was published in 2018, April 28, and the information in it is backed by references from studies, journals, and other articles. The article shows no bias as it is simply written to report and discuss findings from studies, journals, and articles. This piece asserts that no student accepted into university should be deprived a meal. This relates to the research question since we insist that college is a crucial launch pad to a brighter future, therefore, we are obligate...