Welcome  to  Public  Health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. Studies  have  shown  that  kids  who  eat meals  regularly  with  their  family  are  more likely  to  eat  healthy  diets  and  less  likely  to become  obese  or  engage  in  disordered  eating. Now,  a  new  University  of  Minnesota  study shows  that  parents  who  exhibit an  authoritative  parenting  style  are  more likely  to  eat  with  their  children than  parents  who  are  more  permissive. Jericho  Berg,  an  Assistant Professor  of  Family  Medicine  at the  University  of  Minnesota  explains  What we  found  was  that  parents  who  are  authoritative, which  are  parents  who  set  limits  and have  expectations  for  their  children  in  the  home, while  at  the  same  time  having caring  and  warmth  in  the  home, we're  more  likely  to  have  more frequent  family  meals  with  their  adolescents. Based  on  these  findings,  Burge  offers  advice  to  parents. For  parents,  I  think  the  most  important  thing  would  be  to find  ways  in  which  to  set  routines  to  have  family  meals. Authoritative  parents  create  environments  in  the  home  in which  there's  structure  or limits  so  that  these  meals  can  happen. So  if  parents  can  find  ways  in  which  to  set or  even  work  towards  goals  in setting  routine  family  meals, then  adolescents  probably  will  benefit. We  found  that  the  magic  number  was right  around  four  or  five  meals  a  week. Setting  routines  to  make  those happen  and  then  creating  an  environment  of warmth  and  communication  during  those  meals  would  be beneficial  for  John  Finnegan  and  public  health  moment. I'm  marking  Brits.