Though most agree the Freshman 15 is just a myth, many college students gain weight their first year. Erik Fiffik, a former National Guardsman who attended Texas Tech University in the fall of 2015, was one of those freshman. Fiffik gained six pounds in his first week at Texas Tech while living on campus. As a result he […]
Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction?
March 22, 2016 by
By Kortni Robinson Rumor has it that students gain 15 pounds during their first year of college. Hence, the frightening term: freshman 15. After speaking with experts and students, I got to the bottom of this terrible myth. Chandler Cheak, a first-year kinesiology major at Texas Tech, gained about 5 pounds before heading home for […]
