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Many college students fear of the horrifying “freshman 15”. Serval research test have been conducted whether the freshman 15 is a real thing, or not. After studies were tested, the freshman 15 is a myth. The average girl gains about 4 pounds her freshman year, while the average male gains about 3.5 pounds his freshman year.  The main factors behind weight gain freshman year consist of lack of sleep, eating diet, not working out, and alcohol intake. The transition from high school to college is a big jump for many students. Students are on their own for the first times in their life. They now don’t have parents telling them to go to sleep or saying make sure you ae eating healthy and working out. A college student has the freedom now to do whatever they want. A survey was conducted to see how many college freshmen believe freshman year people gain 15 pounds in one academic school year. Gender of the person taking the survey plays a major role in the answers given.

An article called Beating the Freshman 15, says on average students gain 3-10 pounds, but not just in their first year of college. This statistic is in the first two years of college. Weight gain in college goes hand and hand with temptations. The temptation to go get fast food, or an extra slice of pizza at the dining hall causes first year students to gain the weight. Even though colleges have many healthy eating options, the un healthy, greasy options over power the healthy options. In college, a lot of your previous habits tend to change. In high school a person may be in bed by no later than 11 P.M, while freshman year of high school, a student may be up till 2 A.M finishing their paper and assignments. Staying up late causes a person to find themselves hungrier at later times. A person should stop consuming fatty food before the time of 8 P.M. After 8, the food a person consumed is not burned off because of the lack of physical activity. In food a person intake after 8, tends to turn into fat, rather than being burned off.  

A study showed freshman gained 4 pounds in 12 weeks, the students only were eating 174 extra calories each day. This shows by just cutting out a soda for water each day, a person can easily not gain the extra four pounds in 12 weeks. There ae various ways to cut back on a diet. Switching drinks is a easy way. Instead on intaking calories through drinking, a person can easily drink water, which has zero calories and keeps a person hydrated.  A lot of students tend to gain weight in college being of the massive binge drinking. Drinking alcohol frequently can not only damage you liver, but also your weight. Beer and liquor contain a lot of calories.

Physical activity plays a major role in gaining weight in college. A lot of high school students are involved in sports, which kept them in good physical shape. When coming to college, students tend to not be involved in the sport they once were involved in. This leads to the lack of exercise. Researchers found that students who exercise at least 3  days a week were more likely to be in better physical health.

Participants: Freshman from the university of Iowa were asked to take an anonymous survey. The survey was made on google sheets. The questions of the survey consisted of questions about how they feel about the freshman 15, and their beliefs that go along with it. The questions are, “What is your gender”, “do you believe in the freshman 15”? “How often do you consume alcohol”? “How much sleep do get on the average night”? How many hours of the week do you do physical activity”? “Would you consider yourself a healthy eater”?

Chart and Questions

Article	How to control weight gain	Gender	Alcohol	Sleep	Exercise
Teen Health Beating the freshman 15	Don’t eat when stressed Do not skip meals Do not late-night snack Stay away from fast food and vending machines steer clear of vending machines and fast food keep healthy snacks like fruit and vegetables on hand in your room replace empty-calorie soft drinks with water or skim milk		Beer And Liquor have a lot of calories leading to weight gain.	Should be sleeping at least 7 hours a night to be consider healthy	·       Research says people who work out 3 days a week are in better shape. ·       30 minutes a day like walking running, jogging
The Freshman 15: does college cause students to gain weight?		Men and women who are in college weigh less than those who do not attend college.   The freshman 15 is a rumor.
Freshman 15 Stats		Study showed average woman to gain 4 pounds and man to gain 3.5
Freshman 15 causes			Drinking causes a lot of weight gain your freshman year	Kids who don’t sleep enough tend to eat more at night causes weight gain	When getting to college people drop their workout habits due to being busy.

 

Survey Questions

1.       What is your Gender?

2.       Has your diet since college changed?

3.       Do you workout often/ physically active?

4.       Do you consume alcohol?

5.       Do you believe in the freshman 15?

 

Links

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/freshman-15.html

https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/public-health/freshman-15-college-student-weight-gain

http://www.personal-nutrition-guide.com/freshman-15-statistics.html

https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/?cid=dsp_fall_jff_save30_offer_101818

 

research question

Do you believe in the freshman 15?

This topic is important since I am a freshman, I want to see how people feel about this specific argument. Since America has the highest obesity rate, I think this topic is very interesting and looking into the causes of it. I want to see if college has anything specifically to do with it. Also, I am interested to see the difference response between genders. I am planning on conducting a survey asking first what persons gender. Then, asking if they believe the freshman 15 is a real thing. A lot of people are always worried about their weight, so seeing the difference the responses with genders. When researching the topic, I am going to search the obesity with different genders, boys and girls. Also, I am going to search most popular food on a college campus. I think searching facts about college kids drinking in college has a factor in the weight gain so, I am going to research alcohol with weight gain as well. Even searching information about sleeping habits. If kids stay up later, they are more likely to eat more, so finding out if staying up late has anything to do with it.

IMRaD

One of the major differences between a IMRaD writing and a argument based paper is the formatting. An argument-based paper is APA formatted, while IMRaD writing focuses mainly of the intro, methods, results, and discussion. A IMRaD paper is more for research and experiments. It is used to talk about the method used to solve a problem, while then exampling results.

              An argument-based paper is set up differently as well. An argument- based paper is set up to flow. An IMRaD paper purpose to explain what happened, for example, if a person conducted a survey, they would state how they did they survey, then state the results. This type of paper is more straight forward.

              I have done both forms of writing in my past. In high school science classes, we would have to do lab write ups every month. For the lab write ups, we would write a IMRaD form of paper. We would explain what we are testing, how we tested the experiment, the results from the experiment, and then discussion the final remarks and what could have gone wrong. Since I have been doing this since my freshman year of high school, I am very familiar with this form of writing. Also, in my English classes each year we would have to write an argument-based paper. The paper I had to argue a specific topic I was fighting about. I had to state example of why it is correct, then putting a counter claim along with it. The two types of writings are very different to each other. It is important to know the difference and be able to write both forms.