Welcome  to  Public  health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. Young  adults  who  take  the  time to  sit  down  and  share  a  meal  with others  rather  than  eating  on the  run  are  more  likely  to  have  a  healthy  diet. That's  according  to  research  led  by  Nicole  Larson, a  nutrition  expert  at  the  University  of  Minnesota. Larson  surveyed  more  than  1,600  men  and women  with  an  average  age  of  20.5  years. What  we  found  was  that those  who  more  often  shared  meals tended  to  have  better  diets, including  more  fruits  and  vegetables. And  those  who  more  often  eating  on the  run  were  having  higher  intakes  of  soft  fast  food, as  well  as  overall  eating  more  fat  and  saturated fat  and  tended  to  eat less  of  the  fruits  and vegetables  and  other  healthful  foods. Larson  recommends  that  young  adults  schedule  time  for meals  as  they  do  for  other  important  activities. She  adds  that  there's  a  message  here  for colleges  and  businesses  as  well  as  much  as  they  can. They  would  be  encouraged  to  support good  nutrition  among  people  of  this  age  group by  providing  them  schedule  time to  have  a  lunch  break  and  have  meals. As  well  as  access  to facilities  where  they  could  actually  sit  down  at  work and  have  a  meal  and  have  some  healthy  meal  and snack  options  available  in  the workplace  or  in  the  college  and  university  setting. For  John  Finnegan  and public  health  moment,  I'm  Mark  Gerretsen.