Avoiding "Freshman Bulge"

A Springfield News-Leader article details the causes and solutions for a common problem facing college students--weight gain:

In a study of 60 first-semester college students released last year, Cornell University professor David Levitsky and his colleagues found that, on average, the students gained about 4.2 pounds during their first 12 weeks at school. . . .

"We're not active enough," [David Oatman, a professor in the health, physical education and recreation department at Southwest Missouri State University] said. "Some people will live three blocks away from campus, and rather than get on a bicycle and ride their bike to school, or walk, they'll complain about not being able to find a parking space."