Young Innovators: Dreaded 'freshman five' weight gain not a myth 

A unique University of Saskatchewan study shows that the “freshman five” — the pounds students are thought to gain within their first year of university — is not a myth, but a real phenomenon.
Kinesiology PhD candidate Erin Barbour-Tuck and her supervisor Adam Baxter-Jones have developed a model that predicts that males between ages 18 to 28 gain between two and 17 pounds as young adults, while females gain between four and 26 pounds. The phenomenon happens even if a stud