studying in another city or abroad can teach you many life lessons but all the junk food and the unrestrained student lifestyle that comes with it can cling on to you for longer than anticipated specifically round the side of your waist known as freshman 15 in the united states of america and canada the term is used to describe the 15 pounds around 68 kgs that a college student gains typically in their first yeardoes this apply to indian students as well and are students even aware of it we spoke to city students and heres what they have to saymedia student pranay bhowmick believes that freshman 15 is relevant in india here too though students want to maintain a healthy body their hectic schedules spare them no time to work towards that goalin school we used to have a specific time for recess when all the students would eat their lunch however there is no such thing in college students eat whenever ever they get the time sometimes even more than once or twice on the other hand there are times when the academic schedule is too rigorous and student ends up spending all their time including their breaks on revisions and lastminute assignments and junk food comes to their rescue though its convenient to eat junk it also leads to weight gain says paranay who says he has gained two kilos in the first four months of collegeadding to this ashoka garden resident sumant raj says that during the long nights of studying junk food can start to feel like a blessingi live with three friends and unlike our mothers we do not cook everyday there are days when we are late and there are days when we do not feel like it the discounts which the food apps offer are tempting and we end up ordering food if the apps are not working we head to the thelas in our area to feast on sandwiches burgers momos and chinese food i gained four kilos in a year and my other friends too gained three and five kilos respectively one of my roommates who gained three kilos says his parents were very happy as he was too lean in their opinion says sumant