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It is generally believed that college freshmen generally gain an average of 15 pounds. The phenomenon even has a name, called the Freshman 15. Read about the Freshman 15 and ways to avoid the unwanted weight gain.

Your son or daughter is preparing for college, so your family has started a checklist. Student loan research, check. Scholarship research, check. Campus visits, check, but I am guessing that "freshman weight gain" discussion isn't on most lists.

Nearly all prospective colleges students are aware of the dreaded "Freshman Fifteen" myth. The idea that most college freshman will gain an average of fifteen pounds during their first year of college. This paper explores whether or not that idea is fact or fiction.

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With Thanksgiving and Christmas coming around, we're planning on losing weight. What's to say you won't gain it back in the Spring? Eating better and substitutes will surely help. So whether you're a freshman or just a junkie food junkie check out the article.

The freshman fifteen is real. Despite all the walking and running you'll be doing across your vast new college campus, and all the money you won't have to buy food, the stress and quality of food in the college setting make it all too easy to pack on extra pounds.

For many freshman, gaining 15 pounds is quite easy when considering the unhealthy diet and stress associated with college.

My oldest daughter has a friend who returned home from her first year of college having gained what she termed 'the freshman-forty'. It was not pretty, and she was not happy.

Take the total freedom of college and add it with boredom, loneliness, stress, exhaustion, and convenience; the result is the dreaded 'Freshman 15.'

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One of the biggest fears that any student might have upon entering college is the "Freshman-Fifteen."

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A condition in which a college freshmen student will gain 15 pounds during the first semester of college.

Every college freshman, or upperclassman for that matter, can attest to the phenomenon of the Freshman 15, the seemingly unexplainable weight gain that hits you some time during fall semester. Fortunately there are a few practical ways to avoid this problem.

Going to college hoping to not gain the freshman fifteen, by understanding the main causes of gaining the freshman fifteen, they can be avoided.

The Freshman 15 is a problem on every college campus around the U.S. It is actually easier than most think to keep the weight off.

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The freshman fifteen is sometimes considered just a theory or a myth. Regardless of whether or not you believe in it, there are a number of things that you can do to prevent yourself from gaining too much extra weight in college.

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It's back to school time and if you're an incoming freshman then you might be at risk for gaining those dreaded 15 pounds during your first year away.

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