If the parents keep in close touch with their son or daughter, they can most likely help out with the problem by making a schedule for their child to follow which would not affect their eating habits and as a result not effect their overall health. Living away from home for a child can be an emotionally disturbing situation, especially if the child is off to university, sometimes the children are put down and don't feel like accomplishing the goals which they set for themselves. Only parents can provide their children with a few words of wisdom at a regular basis, but also they must check up on their children identify if there is a problem, these few words of wisdom can push the children and make them strive towards accomplishing their goals. The maturity of parents can provide their children with positive support, changes, and wisdom.
Also, parents have gone through the lives that their children end up facing, therefore they have an edge in the experience factor over their children. A perfect example of this is when my older sister had been living away from home during her university education, she had been working part time on the side, and ended up getting a work related injury, which was affecting her ability to drive to and from work, and to and from school, but the company was not willing to compensate my sister in any way. My father, who has experienced many work related injuries during his day, was aware of the worker's rights in Canada and got the family lawyer to discuss the issue with the boss of the job, and within a week my sister was receiving taxi rides to work, and to school, all being provided by the company, this may not have been accomplished had my parents not kept in constant touch with my sister while she was away from home. Sleeping habits are something that worsens as children move away from home, whether it be staying up to do homework and complete tasks, or whether it be staying out and partying all night, parents are most likely to have faced straining sleeping habits at least once in there life, and probably have overcome them.