At the tender ages of 18 to 22, I can say with certainty that you or someone you know at one point or another has tried out one of the many “fad” diets out there today. I myself have probably been on 100 different diets over the course of my lifetime, some rendering more success than others.

Guys, I know you all know the statistic that guys think about sex something like every six seconds. Ladies, maybe it’s not every six seconds, but let’s be honest, it’s on our minds. So we all like sex, and we all think about it a good amount, but how many of us can honestly say that we spend even a fraction of that time thinking about our reproductive health?

I talk a lot here about the different ways you can tweak your lifestyle to increase your physical health, and at the risk of sounding conceited, I think students can really get a lot from what I write about. Today, however, I want to switch gears just a little and explore a specific area of mental health: body image.

What I have come to understand about college life is that we students function in a constant state of sleep deprivation. Research tells us that although college-aged students require the same amount of sleep as infants, the average student sleeps only about five to six hours — and that’s on a good night.

Let’s be honest, Hoyas. How many of us actually eat breakfast every morning? ABC News released a survey that showed that almost four in 10 Americans skip breakfast in the morning. I’m sure that statistic is even worse among the college population.

Now begins another year on the Hilltop, and if you’re anything like the average Hoya, you have all kinds of goals for the beginning of the year. Some of those goals you will keep, such as finally trying out for the club soccer team. Others you most likely will not keep for longer than about two weeks, such as completing every reading before every class.