The average weight gain freshman year isn’t actually 15 pounds — it’s 7.8.

NBC News reports.

Fearing the Freshman 15? Lebanon Valley College Wants to Help You Avoid It

When 470 freshmen arrive at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania this week, there will be a new item on their three-day orientation menu: an “Introduction to the Dining Hall.”

The new program hopes to serve as a weapon against the notorious “Freshman 15,” but it has another goal: to create healthy eating habits for a lifetime.

“We hope to get to all the freshmen before they get corrupted by the upperclassmen and develop eating bad habits,” said Robert Valgenti, associate professor of philosophy and the project director.