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freshman 15: a standalone construct

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Public health

the popular belief that students gain fifteen pounds in their first college year, where actual average gain is much smaller.

In public health, freshman 15 refers to the popular belief that students gain fifteen pounds in their first college year, where actual average gain is much smaller. This meaning comes from Vella-Zarb (2009) in Journal of American College Health.[1]

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Vella-Zarb, R. A., & Elgar, F. J. (2009). The ‘Freshman 5’: A Meta-Analysis of Weight Gain in the Freshman Year of College. Journal of American College Health, 58(2), 161-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448480903221392

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