The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued new guidelines on how to treat obsetiy among children and adolescents. Doctor Amanda Staiano at LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center says the academy is calling on doctors to take a more aggressive approach starting as early as two years old…
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Staiano says some of the possible treatments include nutritional counseling, medication and weight loss surgery.

The federal government is putting an end to additional SNAP benefits that were given out because of the COVID pandemic. DCFS Assistant Secretary Shavanna Howard says the added benefits are ending February 28th…
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Howard says a family of three could see their monthly payment go down 400-dollars in March.

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biologist Danica Williams says over a dozen waterways are being stocked with Rainbow Trout. Kace Kieschnick has more…
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Nobody won last night’s one-point-one billion dollar Mega Millions jackpot, which means Friday night’s drawing will be worth 1.35 billion dollars. That would be the fourth largest lottery jackpot in U-S History and second largest in Mega Millions history.