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If you're a college gal trying to avoid the Freshman 15, a recent study may have found you a solution: Cross your fingers and hope you're paired with an overweight roomie.According to a study conducted by the University of Michigan, college girls who were randomly assigned to spend the academic year with an overweight person gained less weight than those who were paired with students of average weight.
The researchers think this is probably because overweight girls tend to watch what they eat more, and, in accordance, keep fewer pyramids of Ramen on hand, purchase more modest meal plans and generally try to restrict their access to food. In other words, you'll eat fewer cookies if your roommate is yelling at her mom to quit sending shoe boxes of them from home. (We have done this. We miss you too, Ma, but oh my God, our cholesterol.)
The study also emphasized that these results were based on people who were randomly paired to live together, not on people who chose to live together. So, all you can do is hope for the best, or just be frosty enough with a metabolically gifted roommate that she won't offer to go halfsies on midnight pizza.
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Friday 24 September
By Megan
I think that the title of this article is valid, but not for the reasons listed. If a roommate is overweight, she probably got that way NOT being mindful of what she eats. College is all about prepackaged convenience food, aka cheap, easy to make, and usually not healthy. College is definitely not the place where a person who hasn't eaten healthy in the past is going to start. I think it still could help someone stay on track eating healthfully if they live with someone who isn't; they'll be motivated not to mimic their eating behaviors.
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Friday 08 October
By Rat Fink
I think that Megan is right that the reason described is incorrect. The overweight roommate probably still has unhealthy eating habits, and since that roommate is already playing the role of "the fat one," the other one will be sure not to become like her, especially seeing the problems that come with being overweight. Think of a kid whose sibling is throwing a tantrum. Does the kid act up like his brother or sister, or is he on his best behavior so he can gain favor with his parents by looking so good in comparison?
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Tuesday 29 March
By Jenna
The above two comments were obviously made by skinnie minnies who know nothing of what its like to be overweight.
Not all overweight people got there by making poor choices. In fact, studies show that overweight people tend to make BETTER choices than those metabolically gifted do.
I was always the "fat" one and my best friend the skinny one. She pigged out on french fries, cokes, and chocolate shakes while I lived on carrot food and protein shakes. And no, she wasn't an exerciser either. She was just genetically blessed.
Get a clue and stop being so judgy. You might be thin but you aren't perfect.
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Friday 19 August
By okely sunglasses
With this is mind, let us go beyond the court and rank Jordan's shoes from the absolute ugliest, to the absolute best looking.
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