Summer Doesn't Reverse Freshman Year Body Weight and Fat Gains in Female College Students
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Summer Doesn't Reverse Freshman Year Body Weight and Fat Gains in Female College Students
College students, especially females, gain weight their freshman year. Yet, what happens after this first year? This study’s purposes were to compare changes and rates of change in weight, body mass index (BMI), body composition (percent body fat, fat mass, fat free mass) and waist circumference between the freshman academic year and the following summer among female college students. Summer we...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Open Nutrition Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1874-2882
DOI: 10.2174/1874288201105010024