Welcome  to  public  health  moment from  the  University  of  Minnesota. Adolescents  are  eating  more  fast  food today  than  they  did  in  the  late  1990s. And  as  kids  move  from  middle  school  to  high  school, the  rate  increases  dramatically. That's  according  to  new  results  from  the  project at  research  study  at  the  University  of  Minnesota. Researcher  Katherine  Bauer  has  more  among those  moving  from  middle  to  high  school, the  percentage  of  adolescents  fast  food  three or  more  times  a  week  increased  an  amazing  amount. It  practically  doubled. We  also  found  that  men,  males, as  they  moved  from  high  school  into young  adulthood  also  increased the  amount  of  fast  food  they  were  eating. And  the  number  who  were  frequently  eating  fast  food increased  among  high  school  age  adolescents, those  in  2004  were  eating much  more  fast  food  and  fast  food  more frequently  than  high  school  students  in  1999. So  what  can  parents  do?  Bauer  offers  advice. I  would  start  with  providing a  home  and  family  environment  that offers  adolescents  a  lot of  opportunities  for  healthy  eating. Having  fruits  and  vegetables, readily  available  as  snacks,  offering  family  meals. All  of  those  things  can  go  a  long  way  in  instilling healthy  long  term  eating  patterns  and adolescence  for  John  Finnegan  and  public  health  moment. I'm  Mark  Anka  Brison.