{"id":34833,"date":"2015-09-01T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T17:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=34833"},"modified":"2019-01-25T14:10:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T19:10:54","slug":"research-study-to-examine-weight-change-and-other-first-year-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2015\/09\/research-study-to-examine-weight-change-and-other-first-year-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Research study to examine weight change and other first-year health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brock University Kinesiology researchers Aysha Thomas, left, and Kayleigh Beaudry use body metric ultrasound equipment to test volunteer Amanda McKinnon. Participants in the Brock Transition Study will undergo similar testing to measure how the first year of university affects them.<\/p><\/div>\n

A Brock University research study hopes to find out why adding pounds of bodyweight in the first year of university is so common it has its own moniker.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Freshman 15\u2019, as the phenomenon is known, is one focus of the Brock Transition Study, which looks at the impact the transition from high school to university has on the body.<\/p>\n

Researchers from Brock\u2019s Department of Kinesiology want to examine how the first year of university affects students\u2019 nutrition, exercise and sleep habits, as well as stress levels, body composition, body image and mental health.<\/p>\n

The study, led by Kinesiology Assistant Professor Andrea Josse and her two graduate students, is looking for first-year Brock University students between the ages of 17 and 20. First-year students can participate in the study as soon as they show up on campus in September.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis phenomenon of the transition is talked about a lot, but it\u2019s a little bit elusive,\u201d said Josse. <\/span>\u201cThere\u2019s a whole host of changes we know students undergo during their first year of university. They\u2019re away from home, they don\u2019t have the same amount of support that they had before and there are a lot of stresses that are new to them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of that, we know a lot of things can change, so we\u2019re looking at how this transition from high school to university and during the first year of university affects our students here at Brock.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

She said the study will give the researchers a good overview of what Brock students go through from both a physical and psychological perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to finish collecting these data, figure out what\u2019s actually going on and then work to implement different programs or strategies to mitigate these negative changes or issues. Our ultimate goal is to improve the experience of our undergraduate students throughout their time at Brock.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the study may seem related to the long-running Stressed@Brock study, that research study followed a single group of students through their four years of university and two years of post-university life. The Brock Transition Study, which first launched last year with 60 students, will examine a new group of students each year.<\/p>\n

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Brock University Kinesiology Assistant Professor Andrea Josse.<\/p><\/div>\n

Josse\u2019s two graduate students will write separate theses using the research data. Kayleigh Beaudry will focus on the nutrition aspect of the data while Aysha Thomas will examine the physical activity and exercise angle.<\/p>\n

For study participants, there will be two separate test sessions, first in September to get some baseline data and then again in March to see what changes may have occurred.<\/p>\n

For more information on the study or to get involved, contact <\/span>brocktransitionstudy@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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