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References from Weight gain in freshman college students and perceived health. Local targets link to admitted publications; unresolved targets remain external evidence.
Weight goals in a college-age population
10.1038/oby.2003.41 · 2003 · External reference
The freshman year of college as a critical period for weight gain: an initial evaluation
10.1016/s1471-0153(03)00030-8 · 2003 · External reference
A construction and validation of a Freshman Stress Questionnaire: an exploratory study
10.2466/pr0.104.2.680-692 · 2009 · External reference
Change in diet, physical activity, and body weight in female college freshman
10.5993/ajhb.28.1.3 · 2004 · External reference
The freshman weight gain phenomenon revisited
10.1111/j.1753-4887.2008.00143.x · 2009 · External reference
Weight and body-composition change during the college freshman year in male general-population students and army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) cadets
10.1123/ijsnem.22.6.412 · 2012 · External reference
Weight, socio-demographics, and health behaviour related correlates of academic performance in first year university students
10.1186/1475-2891-12-162 · 2013 · External reference
Age standardization in mapping adult overweight and obesity trends in the WHO European Region
10.1111/j.1467-789x.2011.00943.x · 2012 · External reference
College freshman stress and weight change: differences by gender
10.5993/ajhb.32.1.2 · 2008 · External reference
Susceptibility to weight gain. Eating behaviour traits and physical activity as predictors of weight gain during the first year of university
10.1016/j.appet.2012.03.003 · 2012 · External reference
Gender, residence and ethnicity affect freshman BMI and dietary habits
10.5993/ajhb.34.5.1 · 2010 · External reference
Freshman 15: valid theory or harmful myth?
10.1080/07448480209596023 · 2002 · External reference
The freshman 15—a closer look
10.1080/07448480903295334 · 2009 · External reference
Changes in body weight, composition, and shape: a 4-year study of college students
10.1139/h2012-139 · 2012 · External reference
Weight and body composition changes during the first three years of college
10.1155/2012/634048 · 2012 · External reference
Relation between eating habits and a high body mass index among freshman students: a cross-sectional study
10.1080/07315724.2012.10720024 · 2012 · External reference
Specification tests in econometrics
10.2307/1913827 · 1978 · External reference
Panel data and unobservable individual effects
10.2307/1911406 · 1981 · External reference
Changes in body weight and fat mass of men and women in the first year of college: a study of the “freshman 15”
10.3200/jach.55.1.41-46 · 2006 · External reference
The “freshman fifteen” (the “freshman five” actually): predictors and possible explanations
10.1037/0278-6133.27.1.s3 · 2008 · External reference
Risk of excess weight gain in university women: a three-year community controlled analysis
10.1016/0306-4603(85)90049-8 · 1985 · External reference
Behavior change and the freshman 15: tracking physical activity and dietary patterns in 1st-year university women
10.3200/jach.56.5.523-530 · 2008 · External reference
The freshman weight gain: a model for the study of the epidemic of obesity
10.1038/sj.ijo.0802776 · 2004 · External reference
Monitoring weight daily blocks the freshman weight gain: a model for combating the epidemic of obesity
10.1038/sj.ijo.0803221 · 2006 · External reference
A prospective study of weight gain during the college freshman and sophomore years
10.1016/j.ypmed.2008.12.009 · 2009 · External reference
Multiple types of dieting prospectively predict weight gain during the freshman year of college
10.1016/j.appet.2006.03.160 · 2006 · External reference
Physical activity, food choice, and weight management goals and practices among US college students
10.1016/s0749-3797(99)00107-5 · 2000 · External reference
The freshman 15: is it real?
10.3200/jach.56.5.531-534 · 2008 · External reference
Relationship of body mass index to alcohol consumption in college freshmen
10.1100/2012/849018 · 2012 · External reference
Vulnerability to freshman weight gain as a function of dietary restraint and residence
10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.07.017 · 2008 · External reference
Childhood obesity: current definitions and recommendations for their use
10.3109/17477166.2011.607458 · 2011 · External reference
Food and life, pleasure and worry, among American college students: gender differences and regional similarities
10.1037/0022-3514.85.1.132 · 2003 · External reference
Freshmen women and the “Freshman 15”: perspectives on prevalence and causes of college weight gain
10.1080/07448481.2011.555931 · 2012 · External reference
Future directions in etiologic, prevention, and treatment research for eating disorders
10.1080/15374416.2012.728156 · 2012 · External reference
Weight gain awareness, the freshman 15: a nutrition student public speaking project
10.1016/j.jneb.2006.05.018 · 2006 · External reference
The ‘freshman 5’: a meta-analysis of weight gain in the freshman year of college
10.1080/07448480903221392 · 2009 · External reference
Time trends (1993-1997) and seasonal variation in body mass index and waist circumference in the Netherlands
10.1038/sj.ijo.0802761 · 2004 · External reference
College cafeteria snack food purchases become less healthy with each passing week of the semester
2012 · External reference
Peer effects and the freshman 15: evidence from a natural experiment
10.1016/j.ehb.2010.12.002 · 2011 · External reference