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when they do arrive, there isn't time to enjoy a substantial meal because staff workers .
have begun to shut down the salad bar (hinting everyone to leave). So we inhale whatever .
it is on our plates (risking indigestion and choking) to avoid getting in their way. .
Unknowingly, many students who eat during regulatory hours are more .
susceptible to weight gain. Why? Consider these simple possibilities: Its winter season .
and you"re eating dinner in the commons because it's too cold to travel far. Then you .
head back to your dorm to study/watch television. A few hours go by and every cookie .
and can of Pringles is long gone, so you head down to "Good 2 Go" for refills. However, .
the sign for "The Big Onion" says its nacho night, causing you to forget about whatever .
you were about to do, thinking "It's one night a week, I"ll be fine". After sleeping off .
the weekly ritual all winter, you realize where all the extra snacks settled right on .
your stomach.
It is a fact that college students tend to experience various minor illnesses, more .
so than those who aren't because of diet. Yes, it is the student's decision to practice/ .
develop good eating habits and exercising, but is not entirely easy to fit all of the .
necessary servings of each food group to cover all sides of health. This is especially true .
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when sufficient dining facilities are in service at specific times, intervening with .
schedules. A perfect example of this would have to do with vitamin C. A lack of this .
particular vitamin is extremely common with regards to college students. To be more .
specific, a minor sign of this is red, bleeding gums and loose teeth, making students .
obviously susceptible to losing them. This vitamin is found mainly in citrus fruits and .
where are the major sources of fruit found on campus, the commons. Restaurants in the .
commons area tend to have only a minimum of fruits and are usually all out by dinner .