It’s no secret that college students are unhealthy. Look at me: I had pizza last night for dinner (what do you want from me? It was free), stayed up all night watching “How I Met Your Mother” reruns (I have to catch up to season five) and had a large coffee for breakfast.

But a study conducted at University of Minnesota displays a much more shocking reality.

According to the study, which surveyed 10,000 students, not only are students sexually active and drinking, a quarter of them smoke, another 27 percent have a mental illness, about 10 percent use illicit drugs, 10 percent have no health insurance and more than half of them are in serious debt.

Here’s the kicker, though: 39 percent of us are overweight or obese.

ASU students, it is time to stop making excuses.

ASU has been responsive to student dissatisfaction of dining options and, although still not perfect by any means, does have a lot of affordable and healthy options that can make any savvy student with an ounce of creativity a successful one.

On the ASU Dining homepage, there is a “fresh and healthy” link that has a wealth of resources. Moreover, for the dining hall frequenters among us, the menu is posted online, meaning you have no excuse for impulse eating: Decide what you are going to fill your plate with before you make a giant mistake involving tater tots and chocolate brownies.

Engrained is another great option, students — even those, contrary to popular opinion, who are on a budget.

The Engrained “trio” meal is a dollar-saver for only $7, and many of the combo meals are less than $5. You really can’t complain here, especially when the food is environmentally friendly and the atmosphere doesn’t even begin to resemble a dining hall. Many students complain about the hours, but your excuse doesn’t lie here either: You’ve got to eat lunch, right? Don’t have time for a sit-down meal? Wrong — you can order to-go.

The point is, ASU is trying. Let’s give credit where credit is due.

And at the same time, let’s be realistic: While lobbying the university to provide students with healthy and affordable campus dining options is laudable, we just can’t expect that Burger King and Chick-fil-A are going to morph into locally grown, sustainable food stands that provide a hardy, well-rounded meal for under $5 (and who also take M&G).

The fact is, the big chains bring in the money, and that is how it will always be.

But in the meantime, let’s continue to pursue initiatives like Wellness Week or the Tempe Farmers Market.

And let’s take a little personal responsibility.

The options are out there, so seek them out. So maybe go for an Einstein’s salad (delicious, by the way) instead of a dining hall pile-up.

And for heaven’s sake, quit smoking.

Twenty-five percent? Now that’s just embarrassing.