Talk:Freshman 15

message: I'd like to point out that the picture associated with this article looks like a representation of the thought processes of those with anorexia-- a thin girl looking in the mirror and seeing a fat girl. That is probably something we should change as a lot of women in college develop eating disorders trying to avoid weight gain. 68.220.210.88 (talk) 15:40, 9 April 2010 (UTC)
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message: Hey I am currently working on this article for a school project.  If anyone has any suggestions or would like to help me out with this article you would be more than welcome.  I'm kind of new to this whole experience so feel free to lend a hand if you are interested.Benro129 (talk) 18:08, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: article revision 2010

message: If I'm not mistaken, the article clearly states this is a term used only in the US and Canada. Hence its not surprising the article is written in a US-centric POV. If there is no objection, I'll go ahead and remove the tag.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Walker9010 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 22 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Worldwide view tag

message: A well rewritten article, but a cursory glance suggests that parts of the article employ a first or second person view point. The article should not employ terminology like "I", "you", etc. Before the article goes up the assessment chain this will need to be corrected. TomStar81 (Talk) 08:48, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: you've got a lot of bare links that need to be enclosed with the title using the proper syntax. I've done a couple up front for examples.  also, be sure to remove anything that is a personal identifying on the link.  If you cite something off the Duquesne library home page, perhaps it is better to cite the article directly. Who knows how long Duquesne will have it on their library page?  Be sure the writing is in the third person. Nutritionists recommend that students do x, or studies have shown xyz. Also, your citations need to be more formal; the ones from Helium are problematically formatted.  Auntieruth55 (talk) 00:41, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe that I have fixed the tense in the article.  I also have fixed the citations from helium as well.  I am not sure what a bare link is or how to fix it though.  Benro129 (talk) 14:00, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: The Freshman fifteen article contains frequent references to the advice of nutritionists. However, in the USA, the term nutritionist is not legally protected, so anyone can claim to be one. Perhaps it would be better to refer to dieticians.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii (talk • contribs) 03:33, 22 August 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The whole article is filled with unproven claims and meaningless studies. It needs to be cut down to just the definition and some history. 71.251.40.65 (talk) 02:19, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nutritionists 

message: Need a section in the article on metabolic shift.  Adults in early to mid 20s, both male and female, undergo drop in metabolic rate.  This might actually be more significant contributer to "Freshman 15" than either increased caloric intake or decreased physical activity.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atikokan (talk • contribs) 02:05, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Metabolism 

message: I looked up the script and it says there is an automatic converter. The point is, it does not do its job. 68 to 70 inches means 173cm to 178cm (and not 170 to 180).
95.23.42.226 (talk) 18:52, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Converter not working 

message: This article seems to assume that the "freshman fifteen" is a real, significant, and undesirable phenomenon, and then goes on to provide numerous explanations which sound reasonable but may not be valid at all.  
First of all, 4 pounds for men and 2 pounds for women is not much, so even if it's real, and even if it is caused by cafeteria food, drinking, etc., it may not be so serious. 
Secondly, hold on a minute!  Aren't 18 year olds SUPPOSED to gain weight??  Some of them are still growing, and many of them are skinny.  Adolescent males notoriously eat a lot, and fill out; they haven't got their muscle mass yet.  When I was a freshman, long ago, I weighed 140, as a 5'9" or 5'10" male.  I suppose by senior year I weighed 150.  That was an improvement, and I was still skinny.  It wasn't anything to worry about, on the contrary, and it wasn't because of cafeteria food-- I was in fact living at home for at least the first year; I wasn't drinking a lot; it's a natural part of maturation.
Finally, the explanations, though reasonable sounding, are very questionable.  Is cafeteria food really more fatty than Mom's cooking, McDonald's, or whatever else the kids were eating in high school?  In fact, didn't they eat in the high school cafeteria?  And if it's true that college cafeterias give you free seconds-- that may not be true either-- what, didn't Mom do the same when you lived at home?
What about all the other years of adolescence?  Maybe they gain 3.7 lbs for males and 1.7  for females all through high school and college.
What about those who don't even GO to college?  Maybe this phenomenon, if it is one, has nothing to do with college per se.
I don't feel qualified to rewrite this article, but I think it needs drastic rewriting; very possibly, 90% of it just needs to be thrown out as unsubstantiated and possibly misleading.    This is the first time I can ever recall seeing a Wikipedia article that's so misinformed and misleading.      69.105.97.32 (talk) 00:31, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
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message: Do we have any idea how old this term is?  Doing a book and news archive search, it starts popping up in the mid-1980s.--Milowent • talkblp-r 19:21, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin? 

message: Many statements in this article are editorializing, unsubstantiated, or misleading. This is a very low-quality article for Wikipedia. TRosenbaum (talk) 17:59, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor Quality Article 

message: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45123148/ns/today-today_health/
It may appear that something has to be done about this article, seeing how Fresman 15 seems to have been debunked...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.103.73.227 (talk) 14:50, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Debunked 

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message: Changes in patterns of exercise have to be a factor, as well.  I don't see this mentooned anywhere, and yet college has not totally  changed in the years since I attended.  On that campus, students walked much more than they had in secondary school, and many rode bikes, but those who had participated in h.s. athletics largely exercised much less as college freshmen.  A few played more tennis, or skied, etc., but aside from competitive teams, the average student got much less exercise.  And exercise has been demonstrated to help with appetite suppression, not to mention calories burned.  Junk food consumption, like recreational drinking, can be comfort, entertainment, social, etc, while suppressing hunger and not properly providing necessary nutrients, as mentioned in the article.  The references are many, but the article has much room for improvement, as does the research cited.  rags (talk) 16:56, 17 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Exercise 

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message: A good deal of this page seems to be conjecture and surface-level extrapolations of the cited studies. I will try to clean it up, but there is a lot that really should be removed. Mystagen (talk) 15:45, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lack of evidence-based information