Welcome  to  Public  Health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. Super  Bowl  parties  have  become sort  of  an  American  tradition. They  are  a  special  time  for friends  to  gather,  watch  football, funny  TV  commercials,  and  to  eat  and  to  drink. That  last  part  can  be  a  bit  dangerous. A  recent  University  of  Minnesota  study found  that  about  8%  of  fans watching  games  at  sports  stadiums are  legally  drunk  when  they  leave. Can  that  behavior  translate  to  Super  Bowl  parties? Darren  Erickson,  a  University  of Epidemiologist  who  led  the  study, thinks  it  can  the  idea  of  viewing sporting  events  and  consuming alcohol  certainly  go  hand  in  hand. And  I  think  there  is  a, the  possibility  of  translating  some  of  that around  this  notion  of  viewing  sports  at  home. There  have  been  other  studies,  for  instance, that  have  looked  at  Super  Bowl  Sunday and  the  increased  likelihood  of  traffic  crashes. What  they  found  was  that  there  was statistically  significant  increase  in  the  number  of fatal  car  accidents  on  Super  Bowl  Sunday. Now  my  guess  is  that's  not  due  to  the 80,000  people  that  are actually  in  the  Super  Bowl  Stadium, it's  because  of  all  the  Super Bowl  parties  that  are  happening. Erikson  recommends  planning  ahead limit  how  much  you  drink,  obviously. Second,  if  you  eat  something  that's  going  to  help  and having  some  kind  of a  transportation  plan  would  be  perfect, whether  that's  a  designated  driver, whether  that's  public  transportation, et  cetera  for  public  health  moment. I'm  Mark  Anger,  Briton