Welcome  to  public  health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. Is  it  healthy  for  young  adults to  weigh  themselves  frequently? That's  what  researchers  with Project  Eat  at  the University  of  Minnesota  wanted  to  learn. So  they  studied  more  than  2000  young  adults with  an  average  age  of  25  Virginia. Quick,  one  of  the  researchers  in the  study  explains  the  results. What  we  found  were  that  young  adults  who weigh  themselves  a  few  times  per  week  or more  or  increased  risk  or  associated with  more  frequency  of unhealthy  weight  control  behaviors. Also  healthy  weight  control  behaviors, unhealthy  muscle  enhancing  substance  use  behaviors. Also  poor  psychological  well  being. Quick  said  that  before  recommending self  weighing  as  a  weight  monitoring  tool. Healthcare  providers  should  screen  young  adults  to ensure  that  they  are  not  at risk  of  unhealthy  weight  behaviors. We  really  encourage  healthcare  providers to  screen  young  adults for  some  of  these  unhealthy  psychological  behaviors that  they  might  be  occurring. They  could  be  weighing  themselves more  frequently  and  that could  be  associated  with  some  of these  poor  health  outcomes. I  believe  one  of  the  most  important  messages take  home  away  messages  is  really that  your  weight  on the  scale  doesn't  measure your  overall  health  and  well  being. There  are  other  ways  to  measure  overall  health and  well  being  for  public  health. Moment,  I'm  marking  Brits.