“If I knew that I was going to be drinking at night, then I would not eat beforehand because of the calories,” one student named Alyson said.

Another student, Jenn, added, “I almost died last year… I was hospitalized for three weeks.'”

University of Houston Professor Dipali Rinker said in a study of 1,200 students, he found up to 80 percent were restricting calories, overexercising, purging or using laxatives in combination with binge drinking.