Freshman 15

Going to college for the first year can be an unhealthy move for some college students because some students gain the “freshman 15” which means they gain fifteen pounds their freshman year in college. It is nearly impossible to not hear this fearful term once you’re in college. In high school they have their set lunch time and they only eat once during the 6 hours of school, because they only have that time to buy food unlike in college students can buy food at any time they want so there is more temptation and time for unhealthy food choices. The options there are for buying food either on campus or outside of campus aren’t the healthiest choices for the students, so that can contribute to some weight gain. Being busy with school, work and …show more content…
This occurs mostly because; young people enjoy eating fatty food. Having those fast food restaurants so close makes the students crave the food because they walk or drive by it every day on their way to school. Since those are the only restaurants around the college it is also the most convenient for the students. Most of the students in college don’t have big time gaps between their classes so if they can get something quickly and cheap that would be the first thing they get. If they can get a bag of chips or a burger it will be ideal because they can get it very quick and they are foods that students can eat and walk to class without stopping so they won’t have to be late to class or go to class hungry because they didn’t have enough time to get something to eat. Another thing that can contribute to the cause is the vending machines on campus. Those vending machines are great because they will take the loose change that student’s carry in their pockets and purses and with that they can buy themselves a high sugar content chocolate bar, or even a high sodium bag chips. I believe if they changed the things in the vending machines into healthy snacks it will help the students out. Personally if I’m passing by a vending machine with a small amount of money and if I’m hungry I’m going to buy something from the …show more content…
Big universities have cafeterias that are open until late and that is when most of the students tend to eat more because most of them don’t have breakfast so they eat late. The food that those cafeterias serve isn’t always the healthiest food. They serve cakes, ice cream and other meals with high a calorie count. Eating those bad calories late at night isn’t good because right after they eat, they probably go to bed and they don’t have a chance to burn those calories. It is better to eat that in the morning because they can burn the calories during the day. Students have hangouts in their dorms late at nights and even during the day, and most of the time they go and order a couple of pizzas’ because students have discount to the pizza places around their school. A high school friend, Fernando Monroy, which is on his 4th year at Chico State University commented that there’s a couple pizza places around Chico State that will deliver for free when you buy more than 1 pizza. He says that he has eaten more pizza in those four years than before he entered the university. He also mentioned that when he has dorm hangouts after midterms or just any day thing that him and his friends will juts pitch in for some pizzas and they will deliver it right in from of their door. They don’t even have to walk to the pizza parlor anymore so it’s even more convenient for