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I selected this article because I am interested in exercise and diet. This just verifies what I mostly hear from peolple I talk to at my place of employment which is a athletic club.Once in college and out on their own for the first time diet habits become poor for various reasons.To start eating fast foods which are not as healthy as claimed most due to meals that follow fries and cokes.Eating too much junk food because ite convenient and easy.Most meals that are microwavable are loaded with tons of sodium.Once they get to eat usually its too much at one sitting.Eating too much breakfast or none at all.Also ten percent of college students have more than fifteen alcoholic drinks per week, which are empty calories.On the other hand there are many inexpensive ways to change poor diet.1.Prepare balanced meals.2.Eating 5 or 6 meals per day if possible, which 1 or 2 may include protein shakes.3.Eat apple or orange instead of candy bars etc.Apples or oranges will also give you healthy nutritiuos energy which will keep you attentive in class as well.4.Drink water instead of sodas, one they are cheapier, two they are not filled with sugars and caffiene.5.Drink less or lower calorie and less carb alcoholic drinks.

Most college students gain weight "freshman 15" , and they also dont exercise much because they are more focused on their work and is less social. Students who move away from home really suffer with their diet because they are now on their on and not under supervision.

This is an interesting article and I recommend anyone to read this and take it in. I acutally learned something new from it.

It explain about people stress disorder and it can cause bad health and how sleep can be one of the can help with bad health.

I agree with this because when students go to college they have a lot more things that can cause stress and health issues because of this stress

By Donna Leinwand, USA TODAY Nearly half of America's 5.4 million full-time college students abuse drugs or drink alcohol on binges at least once a month, according to a new study that portrays substance and alcohol abuse as an increasingly urgent problem on campuses across the nation.

This shows the examples of what students eat on campus and how it is harmful to the body.

This is really useful. i've always wondered what is healthy and what isn't and how it affects us.

28.7 percent of students surveyed report excessive computer/Internet/TV use and 41.8 percent indicate the activity affected their academic performance.

Once students go to college they tend to get lazy and don't exercise as much as they were before.

Most college students do not eat and exercise properly due to video games,internet, and tv.We live in this lazy fast paced microwave world.

This article talks about eating disorders and the effects it has on people. It also talks about how common they are and what types are most common.

This article told me things about eating disorders that I didn't know. Now I know the signs of it and if I can prevent this from happening to anyone I know. The statistics surprise me because I didn't think that there was so many people that are suffering from an eating disorder.

This article is helpful, to whom thinks they have a eating disorder, and ways to avoid it.

This article is about the effect of energy drinks on people. There has been 13 deaths caused by 5-hour energy drinks.

Energy drinks may help at that second, but in the long run somoe of them are more hurtful than helpful.

I find this article interesting because I drank five hour energy drinks everday until 2006.I didnt know that they were deadly.So glad I do not drink them today.

This article gives some tips on how to stay healthy and safe during college.

I chose this article because it explains and tell why most students stress and have bad health.