There’s a new study that finds the percentage of obese Americans who are attempting to lose weight is falling and researchers wonder if it’s becoming acceptable to be overweight. The executive director of the Louisiana Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness, Rudy Macklin, disagrees. He attributes the decline in people losing weight to busy schedules…
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The nationwide study found the obesity rate is highest for black women with 55-percent being obese.

Nothing official from LSU yet on the status of head coach Johnny Jones. There’s speculation he will be fired soon after the Tigers finished a 10-and-21 season last night with a 79-52 loss to Mississippi State. It was the Tigers 16th defeat by double digits this season.

There’s a renewed sense of optimism for the oil industry, according to the Louisiana Oil and Gas Association, who is holding their annual summit in Lake Charles today. LOGA Vice President Gifford Briggs says higher oil prices aren’t the only thing contributing to their uplifted spirits.
Cut 4 (12) “rolling back regulations”
Briggs says Exxon’s $20 billion investment to the Gulf Coast region and plans for a new pipeline across south Louisiana are promising signs.

The rate of babies born with syphilis is rising in Louisiana, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC found the rate of congenital syphilis rose by 6-percent nationwide between 2014 and 2015. Director of the Bureau of Infectious Diseases for the Office of Public Health, Dr. DeAnn Gruber, says the problem is even worse in Louisiana…
cut 7 (06) “…other states”