The freshman 15: Is it real?

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 531-534

  Mihalopoulos, Nicole L ^a   Auinger, Peggy ^b   Klein, Jonathan D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Freshman 15; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

EID: 42349116093     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.56.5.531-534     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. TeensHealth Web site. Beating the Freshman 15. Jacksonville, FL: Nemours Foundation. http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/school_jobs/college/ freshman_15.html. Accessed November 28, 2006.
2. Gannett Health Services. Hot Topics in Nutrition: The "Freshman Fifteen." Cornell University. http://www.gannett.cornell.edu/ top10Topics/nutrition-eating/hotTopics/freshman15.html. Accessed November 28, 2006.
3. Bailey P. Smart eating. Time. October 11, 2004.
4. Butler SM, Black DR, Blue CL, Gretebeck RJ. Change in diet, physical activity, and body weight in female college freshman. Am J Health Behav. 2004;28:24-32.
5. Levitsky DA, Halbmaier CA, Mrdjenovic G. The freshman weight gain: a model for the study of the epidemic of obesity. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004;28:1435-1442.
6. Morrow ML, Heesch KC, Dinger MK, Hull HR, Kneehans AW, Fields DA. Freshman 15: fact or fiction? Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006;14:1438-1443.
7. Graham MA, Jones AL. Freshman 15: valid theory or harmful myth? J Am Coll Health. 2002;50:171-173.
8. Anderson DA, Shapiro JR, Lundgren JD. The freshman year of college as a critical period for weight gain: an initial evaluation. Eat Behav. 2003;4:363-367.
9. Hajhosseini L, Holmes T, Mohamadi P, Goudarzi V, McProud L, Hollenbeck CB. Changes in body weight, body composition and resting metabolic rate (RMR) in first-year university freshmen students. J Am Coll Nutr. 2006;25:123-127.
10. Racette SB, Deusinger SS, Strube MJ, Highstein GR, Deusinger RH. Weight changes, exercise, and dietary patterns during freshman and sophomore years of college. J Am Coll Health. 2005;53:245-251.
11. Hoffman DJ, Policastro P, Quick V, Lee SK. Changes in body weight and fat mass of men and women in the first year of college: a study of the "Freshman 15." J Am Coll Health. 2006;55:41-45.
12. American College Health Association. American College Health Association-National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA) spring 2005 reference group data report (abridged). J Am Coll Health. 2006;55:5-16.
13. Carini RM, Hayek JH, Kuh GD, Kennedy JM, Ouimet JA. Student response to Web and paper surveys: does mode matter? Res Higher Educ. 2003;44:1-19.
14. Cooper CJ, Cooper SP, Del Junco DJ, Shipp EM, Whitworth R, Cooper SR. Web-based data collection: detailed methods of a questionnaire and data gathering tool. Epidemiol Perspect Innov. 2006;3:1.
15. McCabe SE, Boyd CJ, Young A, Crawford S. Feasibility study for collecting alcohol and other drug use data among secondary school students: a Web-based survey approach. J Drug Educ. 2004;34:373-383.
16. McCabe SE. Comparison of Web and mail surveys in collecting illicit drug use data: a randomized experiment. J Drug Educ. 2004;34:61-72.
17. Schonlau M, Fricker RD, Elliott MN. Internet survey case studies. In: Schonlau M, Fricker RD, Elliott MN, eds. Conducting Research Surveys Via E-mail and the Web. Santa Monica, CA: RAND; 2002:55-73.
18. Brunner Huber LR. Validity of self-reported height and weight in women of reproductive age. Matern Child Health J. 2007;11:137-144.
19. Kuczmarski MF, Kuczmarski RJ, Najjar M. Effects of age on validity of self-reported height, weight, and body mass index: findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. J Am Diet Assoc. 2001;101:28-36.
20. Georgiou CC, Betts NM, Hoerr SL, et al. Among young adults, college students and graduates practiced more healthful habits and made more healthful food choices than did nonstudents. J Am Diet Assoc. 1997;97:754-759.