By the end of freshers’ week, many students will start resembling pale legions of the undead. All-night drinking, poor diet and lax hygeine standards turn halls of residences and shared housing into vast Petri-dishes incubating disease. Which is why, says Jacqui Jedrzejewski of NHS Direct National Mental Health and Children’s Services, “all students should register with a local GP and access additional health support from their university’s student support services.”
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/sep/08/dont-be-a-sickly-student