The tone is both patronizing and paternalistic, and not a single one of the fifteen tips is revolutionary or even slightly surprising — possibly because this is meant to be a "holistic health guide" for collegiates, and there are really only so many components that go into a healthy lifestyle.

I’m actually not even sure how much research went into this book as the vast majority of the information is presented as common knowledge or opinion or learned from personal experience. And it's not all accurate; the summary itself implies that high school students have great habits that get thrown out the window with the freedom and stress of college, which just isn't true. My own bad habits started as early as middle school, but were definitely pretty set in high school: sleep deprivation (I actually get more sleep in college than I ever did in high school), physical activity and diet (I actually lost weight my first semester from all the walking around, intramural sports, and making an effort to eat well, which is more than I ever did living at home), and stress (after getting into college, I was much less stressed about classes and extracurriculars, being able to finally focus on what I wanted to do instead of what would look good on college applications).