There is a growing awareness among organizations around the world of the need to consider the whole person since, among others benefits, healthy individuals are more positive, productive, and successful. The global pandemic over the past three years has accelerated this process, bringing health concerns to the forefront. While both health awareness and healthy lifestyle practices have proven to be difference makers when confronting viruses, Japanese universities do little to support their students on these two fronts. This study investigates students’ basic knowledge and practices surrounding the three main pillars of health: physical activity, nutrition, and sleep. Ninety first-year undergraduate students voluntarily participated in this study, answering a questionnaire related to their general health knowledge and current habits. The results paint a complex picture of a student body with inconsistent and often misdirected health knowledge and practices. Though currently underrepresented, research in this area will contribute to a shift towards healthier universities, both literally and figuratively. Since classrooms are not populated by disembodied minds, but by complex physical systems, a better understanding of student health has implications for every aspect of education, from motivation to performance to enrollment. This presentation is intended for educators who want to better understand their students, and who want to help those students become the best possible versions of themselves. To this end, the presentation will discuss the implications of this research for teachers, including how they can design interventions based on its findings.