Research Questions
-Initial Research Question Ideas-
1. Why do most students gain weight in college?
2. Do financial issues impact weight gain?
3. Does time impact weight gain?
4. Are there sufficient choices for students on campus?
5. What part does alcohol play in weight gain?
6. Do others influence our choices in terms of eating, drinking, and exercising?
7. Of what priority is exercise for the average student?
8. How does college influence the likelihood of eating disorders?
9. What measures has the campus taken to prevent student weight gain?
10. What percentage of students have significantly gained weight since coming to college?
11. How have the lifestyles changed (in terms of eating/exercising) since coming to college?
- Narrowing the Research-
What are the factors that lead to weight gain in Rowan students?
-Oral History Interview Questions-
1. What was your experience like as a freshman in terms of eating and exercising?
2. What kind of lifestyle did you have freshman year?
3. What do you think has influenced this lifestyle? How did things change from High School?
4. Did your living arrangements determine what/how you ate?
5. Did you feel limited as a freshman?
6. How did time management play a role in your lifestyle in terms of eating and exercising?
7. What has changed most significantly since then?
8. Why did you want to make a change?
9. How did you go about doing this?
10. Why do you think most college students gain weight? (initially, ongoing, or at any point)
11. Do you have any advice for college students in terms of weight gain and/or weight loss?
12. Do you consider yourself a healthy person?
13. Were you more concerned with being skinny or being healthy?
14. When you were in high school, were you a healthy weight?
15. When you came to college, did you gain weight?
16. How much weight did you gain freshman year?
17. Were you happy at school?
18. Do you think emotions can play a role in weight gain for college students?
19. Did you go to the gym at all freshman year?
20. Why do you think students gain weight in college?
21. Do you think men or women gain more weight in college?
22. Do you weigh less now than you did your freshman year?
23. Do you weigh less now than you did your freshman year?
24. What do you do to lose wight?
25. Do you consider yourself healthy now?
26. What advice would you give to incoming freshmen about college and weight gain?
- Collaborative Research Project Documentary-
Why do you think students gain weight at Rowan their freshman year?
1. Why do most students gain weight in college?
2. Do financial issues impact weight gain?
3. Does time impact weight gain?
4. Are there sufficient choices for students on campus?
5. What part does alcohol play in weight gain?
6. Do others influence our choices in terms of eating, drinking, and exercising?
7. Of what priority is exercise for the average student?
8. How does college influence the likelihood of eating disorders?
9. What measures has the campus taken to prevent student weight gain?
10. What percentage of students have significantly gained weight since coming to college?
11. How have the lifestyles changed (in terms of eating/exercising) since coming to college?
- Narrowing the Research-
What are the factors that lead to weight gain in Rowan students?
-Oral History Interview Questions-
1. What was your experience like as a freshman in terms of eating and exercising?
2. What kind of lifestyle did you have freshman year?
3. What do you think has influenced this lifestyle? How did things change from High School?
4. Did your living arrangements determine what/how you ate?
5. Did you feel limited as a freshman?
6. How did time management play a role in your lifestyle in terms of eating and exercising?
7. What has changed most significantly since then?
8. Why did you want to make a change?
9. How did you go about doing this?
10. Why do you think most college students gain weight? (initially, ongoing, or at any point)
11. Do you have any advice for college students in terms of weight gain and/or weight loss?
12. Do you consider yourself a healthy person?
13. Were you more concerned with being skinny or being healthy?
14. When you were in high school, were you a healthy weight?
15. When you came to college, did you gain weight?
16. How much weight did you gain freshman year?
17. Were you happy at school?
18. Do you think emotions can play a role in weight gain for college students?
19. Did you go to the gym at all freshman year?
20. Why do you think students gain weight in college?
21. Do you think men or women gain more weight in college?
22. Do you weigh less now than you did your freshman year?
23. Do you weigh less now than you did your freshman year?
24. What do you do to lose wight?
25. Do you consider yourself healthy now?
26. What advice would you give to incoming freshmen about college and weight gain?
- Collaborative Research Project Documentary-
Why do you think students gain weight at Rowan their freshman year?
