2007-02-20 14:11:27 · 15 answers · asked by RearFace@18mo. 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Adolescent
Thier lives go thru a big change at that time. Sitting at desks...studying all night..not being nearly as mobile as they use to. Often they are rushed, and have no time to cook healthy meals..so thye often go for fast food . many college students also have jobs too..There is not alot of free time to get out and do stuff to relieve stress. Yes...drinking often is a factor..its a fast, easy way to let off some steam. bascially..a change of life style..proioties change to geting assigments done..and reseach done..studying all night..lack of sleep..and fast food diets.
2007-02-20 15:22:18 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a student in college, a lot of college students gain weight for many reasons, the main ones being:
1. mom and dad aren't monitering what you eat anymore
2. Most college cafiteria's are all-you-can-eat
3. nearly every meeting for any club save athletic clubs draw you in with the promise of free food
4. DRINKING
5. all that studying and partying doesn't leave much time for the gym
6. a lot of not so healthy foods are disguised as healthy foods by the school eating venues
7. What better place for a fast food resturant to open than on a college campus? there are severial at the state school I am attending
in short it is the new freedom and lack of dicipline to blame for the freshman 15
2007-02-20 23:16:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
most people gain weight in college because there funds are low and they are so busy studying and/or partying that they don't eat right. Beer and alcohol will put some weight on too...
2007-02-21 10:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Minnie Mouse♥ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1. dorm food swims in grease and tastes nasty - so if they do eat it, they gain weight, if they don't they eat lots of fast food because
2. most dorms do not have full kitchens available for buying groceries and cooking for oneself
3. alcohol
4. lots of sitting on one's rear end while studying
5. stress
6. lack of sleep
5. stress
7. the average college student eats fewer than 3 meals per day which jacks up your metabolism
8. stress
2007-02-20 23:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by belladona317 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Considering the fact that you have to sit and study, sit and study, sit and study! Then you rush off to the nearest McDonald's for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! But I fixed the problem, though! I took a gym class! So now I can walk on Mondays and Wednesdays for 45 minutes and lose all that extra baggage from McDonalds! :)
2007-02-20 22:16:13 · answer #5 · answered by Mother of 5/Madre de 5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For one thing your not as active and you also
start eating out more.
Try to cut back on fried foods and join a gym
or walk about 30 minutes a day on your own
time.
Also in college you tend to party a little to hard,
just take it a little slower.
Have Fun!!
2007-02-20 22:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by Angel Mia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because students are too lazy to save money by going to the market to get a lot of food for a lot less.
So they starve and wind up getting fast food
2007-02-20 22:23:15 · answer #7 · answered by airmandan10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the main portion of their diets consist of pizza and beer
2007-02-21 04:10:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
becuase they have that unlimited meal plan!!! And they drink beer, sitting down and study, get stressed out with school, and they just get flat out lazy and they are not concerned with thier body....
2007-02-21 09:39:37 · answer #9 · answered by JessiKa 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because there is a lot more: sitting, stressing, and eating fast foods.
2007-02-20 22:15:39 · answer #10 · answered by teri 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋