Let’s Ditch the Term ‘Quarantine 15’ in 2021, OK? PureWow 1/7/2021
As a 17-year-old preparing to leave for college, I should’ve been worrying about which set of twin XL sheets would best match my dorm’s cinder block walls or what class would fulfill my math requirement with the fewest number of tears. Instead, I was most concerned with avoiding the ‘Freshman 15.’ If you’re lucky enough to be hearing this term for the first time, it describes the weight many people gain during their first year of college, when a new routine, an eat-whatever-you-want meal plan and the occasional game (or games) of beer pong lead to the number on the scale creeping upward.