Welcome  to  Public  Health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. The  more  TV  that  teenagers  watch, the  worse  they  eat. That's  according  to  a  University  of  Minnesota  study led  by  Ha  Bar  Anderson. There  are  two  mechanisms  that  could  be  driving the  relationship  between  television watching  and  poor  eating  habits. The  first  is  food  advertising. Usually  you  have  advertisings  for  fast  foods, sugary  foods,  high  fat  foods. And  we're  thinking  that  teens  are seeing  the  foods  having  desire for  the  foods  and  then  going  out and  purchasing  and  consuming  these  foods. And  then  the  next  mechanism could  be  eating  in  front  of  the  television. There  have  been  several  studies that  have  found  that  teens consume  a  significant  proportion of  their  diet  while  watching  television. So,  what  should  a  parent  do? Bar  Anderson  provides  advice. We  recommend  that  parents  do  two  things. First  of  all,  the  American  Academy  of  Pediatrics, they  recommend  that  parents  only  allow  their  children  to watch  less  than  2  H  of  television  per  day. And  so  we  really  think  parents  need  to  adhere  to  that and  really  get  their  children  away  from  the  television. And  the  second  recommendation for  parents  would  be  related  to  diet, for  parents  to  really  know  what  types of  foods  that  their  children  are  consuming. And  then  for  parents  also  to  take  an  active  role  to promote  healthy  eating  and healthy  behaviors  in  their  children. With  another  public  health  moment,  I'm  John  Finnegan.