>> The so-called freshman 15 isn’t a complete myth research shows more than half of
students see their waistline
widened during their first year
of college.
Now a new study says men are
actually packing on more pounds
than women,
researchers tracked the weight
of diets of more than 300
college freshman and on average
women gained 4 pounds for their
first year men game twice
as much. An average of 8 pounds
here to discuss the study as a
registered dietician and
nutritionist Kelsey back and
thank you for coming on,
and we were just talking about
the first year why is it that
it isn’t because it’s such a
transitional period or what is
it about that way it is one
said back on the waste
for a lot of the students it’s
the very first time that they
have access to food that their
parents aren’t giving them.
>> It’s as kind of a free for
all its you know if their
dining in the
dining halls. It’s buffet style
sometimes 3 times a day yeah,
yeah when you get the meal
plan. It is you want to make it
worth you want to get your
money’s worth and you kind of
feel like you need to eat every
meal in there and it’s
typically pizza and ice cream.
Well, those options are
normally the first things that
you see you back in
you see the pizzas laid out is
never the salad bar at the very
but they have a they but kids
don’t want that
no so without having their
parents over them a lot of
times they’re more inclined to
seek those options is it also I
mean that
independents in and partying
that happens in college and you
know you always think about a
beer gut right, I mean that
came from.
Yeah, it’s not always you know
whether it is whether drinking
not only alcohol, a lot of
times coffees okay
on campus. There’s sit you know
Starbucks I and so this can be
very high calorie and very
dense too. Yeah, I definitely
would head up the Starbucks
like wait, I stopped for
financial reasons, yes, but
you’re right. I mean that’s not
healthy when you get those
mocha Frappuccino is extra wet.
It’s probably not a
good choice. So what can
students do if they are
concerned about putting on
extra pounds when they go to
school. I think it’s just being
aware and making a plan for
themselves so when they are
dying in the dining hall really
knowing what they’re going to
get and kind having a strategy
to maybe go past those pizza
burger fries lives
and seek the help their options
that are fresh or the salad
bars that have a lot of fruits
and vegetables. Whole grains,
lean proteins and in times that
they’re not eating in the
dining halls also having a plan
so maybe that’s having some
options and one of those mini
fridge is now are they are
going elsewhere, I’m looking at
the news ahead of time also
sleep is very important for the
students, I is the more sleep
for getting the better food
choices that we’re making.
I can see that being a big
thing that they’re not getting
when they first got to study
none. Other social life things
that’s definitely impacting
their sleep habits. you know
one thing I and I know UNF had
this but
when you sign up you go to
class you get a gym membership,
they have a nice Jim nice
facilities there. And it’s
included in your to ihsan so
that should be something that
kids take advantage of right,
yeah even setting small goals
it doesn’t have to look like
working now you know every day
just you know 30 minutes 3
times a day
or walking to class instead of
taking that the transportation
systems with an
campus them easy easy stuff to
do things now it is you know
having that little mini fridge,
yes, but you have to kind of
share between people sometimes
if you’re in the dorms
what are some snacks that you
can put in there small stuff
that makes sense for students
to stock up on. Yeah great
question so
Greek yogurts. A lot of fruits
and vegetables on something
they do have little freezer
compartment so they could even
go frozen for 2. Even think
that are perishable don’t need
to be refrigerated such as I’m
not som protein bar stuff
like that that’s great to have
on hand
that way when they do get
hungry in between classes,
they aren’t you know
spontaneously making a choice
in trying to head up the fast
food binds and that kind of
thing, I’m definitely.
Any other advice that you would
have for students, I mean
obviously we’re seeing a
difference in and the girls
and boys boys getting a little
bit more than girls. He also
said that because they’re still
yeah really growing.
men can grow after the age of
18 high and late teens to mid
20’s is really
when there at their peak muscle
growth so that’s important to
consider too so that’s one
thing with the study I
would say they could elaborate
a little bit more and not all
pounds or bad, I mean muscle
weighs more than fat so
happening on. Yes, so muscles a
lot more guns, a pound of
muscle in a pound of fat, same
thing right muscles going to
look different and be a little
bit more debt so really
important and then.
You know they talk a little bit
about body composition but the
way they analyze that wasn’t
the most accurate way so.
So definitely I can see
freshman 15 is a real thing