First time college students, especially those living away
from home for the first time in their lives, often encounter the dreaded
“Freshman Fifteen” by this point in the semester. Everyone is excited to eat a delicious
Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, but
not everyone’s pants still fit.
Several factors play into weight gain in college. Students who played a sport in high school
don’t play in college, students living on their own are faced with cooking for
themselves or eating a fast food diet, and all students, whether still living
at home or not, lead more sedentary lives because of the increased time spent
studying.
College is a time of adjustment. Students are faced with increased academic
expectations in their classes and must also adjust to a different physical and
social environment by attending a different school with different
classmates. For some, the addition of
fifteen or so pounds seems like the end of the world because their weight had
never been an issue before. Others
choose to ignore it in hopes that it will go away on its own. But some students start paying attention to
how much they eat and drink and balance that out with exercise.
The TCTC Library has a selection of books that can help with
“The Freshmen Fifteen”:
Instruction Librarian
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