(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/31/fashion/31diet.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1)
Coming to college as a freshman many students top fear is gaining the freshman fifteen, aside from making friends, being on their own, and having a new agenda of schoolwork. Is the freshman fifteen a myth? After all, fifteen pounds is a lot of weight to gain over the course of a year. Many freshman students voiced their opinions on the food they are eating and how they feel about their options.
Many of the students are happy with the dining commons of Purchase College, Westchester County, NY. They had an entire dining hall that was dedicated to vegetarians. Chartwell’s Dining Services serve over 230 college campuses including Purchase College which label the amount of calories in hundreds of food. Variety of food is good, but sometimes a large variety can lead students astray to the pizzas and the cookies and the infinite amounts of pasta. If it a fatty delicious food is right in front of you, why not eat it, right? Students defend themselves by arguing that they gain weight so gradually that they do not even notice the drastic change until ‘their hump’ will not squeeze in their jeans any longer.
Dr. Hoffman explained that college weight gain is a relatively new area of study (2002). Although, he proves that the number fifteen is a little bit of an exaggeration. Generally, out of the 67 students at Rutgers University, 18 lost weight and 49 gained an average of seven pounds. He explains it is how you manage your food intake; late night eating is a killer. Junk food before stressful exams is not a key to a successful grade, but an additional fat layer. Melody A. Grahm, a professor at Mount Mercy College, Iowa, says that pressure on students to loose weight or not gain weight increases student anxiety and may lead to eating disorders or depression.
Ms. Oz, author of the book “Dorm Room Diet,” gives tips on how to keep your high school figure. She talks about how physical appearance is important to the majority of the college population, therefore she links bad food to being fat and ugly. “As long as a student is aware of the nutrition basics they should be fine,” states Ms. Oz. Avoid excessive amounts of white bread, bagels, pasta, sugars, and fried food, and keep small snacks like strawberries water and carrots in your dorm room fridge.
Dr. Hoffman said that in order to gain seven pounds in the course of two semesters a student would have to be eating 112 extra calories a day. We all know not to eat these mouth-watering fatty foods, but does this stop us?
Coming to college as a freshman many students top fear is gaining the freshman fifteen, aside from making friends, being on their own, and having a new agenda of schoolwork. Is the freshman fifteen a myth? After all, fifteen pounds is a lot of weight to gain over the course of a year. Many freshman students voiced their opinions on the food they are eating and how they feel about their options.
Many of the students are happy with the dining commons of Purchase College, Westchester County, NY. They had an entire dining hall that was dedicated to vegetarians. Chartwell’s Dining Services serve over 230 college campuses including Purchase College which label the amount of calories in hundreds of food. Variety of food is good, but sometimes a large variety can lead students astray to the pizzas and the cookies and the infinite amounts of pasta. If it a fatty delicious food is right in front of you, why not eat it, right? Students defend themselves by arguing that they gain weight so gradually that they do not even notice the drastic change until ‘their hump’ will not squeeze in their jeans any longer.
Dr. Hoffman explained that college weight gain is a relatively new area of study (2002). Although, he proves that the number fifteen is a little bit of an exaggeration. Generally, out of the 67 students at Rutgers University, 18 lost weight and 49 gained an average of seven pounds. He explains it is how you manage your food intake; late night eating is a killer. Junk food before stressful exams is not a key to a successful grade, but an additional fat layer. Melody A. Grahm, a professor at Mount Mercy College, Iowa, says that pressure on students to loose weight or not gain weight increases student anxiety and may lead to eating disorders or depression.
Ms. Oz, author of the book “Dorm Room Diet,” gives tips on how to keep your high school figure. She talks about how physical appearance is important to the majority of the college population, therefore she links bad food to being fat and ugly. “As long as a student is aware of the nutrition basics they should be fine,” states Ms. Oz. Avoid excessive amounts of white bread, bagels, pasta, sugars, and fried food, and keep small snacks like strawberries water and carrots in your dorm room fridge.
Dr. Hoffman said that in order to gain seven pounds in the course of two semesters a student would have to be eating 112 extra calories a day. We all know not to eat these mouth-watering fatty foods, but does this stop us?
