A study out of Baton Rouge finds pre-schoolers who watch other kids eating vegetables on TV are more likely to eat nutritious foods themselves. Emelie Gunn has more…
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Governor John Bel Edwards is celebrating 100 days in office today. Michelle Southern has more on what the governor has achieved so far and what still remains to be done.
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The bill to allow for the sale of raw, unpasteurized milk has been approved by the Senate, despite health risk concerns. Ville Platte Senator Eric LaFleur says consumers should be allowed to choose if they want to drink raw milk. He says it’s absurd that we can trust doctors to perform surgeries, but we can’t trust local farmers to produce safe milk.
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The proposal would not allow for the sale of raw milk in grocery stores. LaFleur says he’s only looking to give farmers the ability to sell raw milk and the government should not interfere….
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But Delhi Senator Francis Thompson says drinking raw milk has health risks, such as contracting salmonella and other diseases. He says it isn’t safe to drink milk that is unpasteurized.
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The bill now heads to the House for more discussion, after the senate approved the legislation on a 23-12 vote.
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A study from LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center finds kids that watch other children eating nutritious foods on a TV screen are more likely to eat healthier themselves. Pediatric obesity and health behavior researcher Amanda Staiano says when they offered pre-school aged children the same vegetables they saw on television, the kids ate more of the vegetable and had a preference to eating it again.
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Stainano says one-third of pre-school aged children aren’t eating vegetables. She says during the study the kids seemed to enjoy watching videos of other children their age eating bell peppers.
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Staiano says the effects of the study were seen only with the children that watched others on TV eating the vegetables, other kids who didn’t watch the videos were not interested in the vegetables. She says if you child doesn’t want to eat vegetables, try this method.
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Today marks 100 days in office for Governor John Bel Edwards. Edwards has already faced many challenges in office, inheriting the largest budget deficit in state history and a legislature that doesn’t see eye to eye with the governor. But Edwards says it’s about making choices that solve these problems in the best possible way for the people of Louisiana.
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Edwards says his numerous accomplishments in the first hundred days, includes banning discrimination against the LGBT community in state offices and raising over $1 billion in revenue during the special session. Edwards says he is most proud of the healthcare coverage that over 300,000 people in the state will receive as a result of Medicaid expansion.
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Edwards says his biggest immediate goals are resolving the state’s budget problems and getting equal pay for men and women. He says one of the most important bills he is pushing seeks to raise the state’s minimum wage.
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A former police officer in St. Martin Parish plead guilty to his part in a ticket-writing scheme on Interstate 10. Ex-Henderson assistant police chief, Oliver Mack Lloyd, received a suspended sentence of six months in jail. St. Martin Parish prosecutor Chester Cedars says Lloyd orchestrated a plan where officers received bonuses for writing traffic tickets…
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Cedars says Henderson Police Chief Leroy Guidry was also charged in 2013 but his role was minimized after Lloyd claimed the scheme was all his idea. He says the sentence imposed on Lloyd was appropriate given the circumstances and they wanted to send a message to all police officers.
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Cedars says Lloyd is no longer a police officer. He says Chief Guidry signed a public statement acknowledging the town will no longer target on I-10.
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