A new study from LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center finds that fitness themed video games can improve health in children with obesity. Kevin Barnhart has more…
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Louisiana’s first ever openly gay congressional candidate, Justin DeWitt, is one of three challengers to U.S. Representative Garrett Graves in the November 6th election. Matt Doyle has more.
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Third district Congressman Clay Higgins has drawn six challengers as he seeks re-election to a second term. Jeff Palermo has a look at Higgins’ opponents…
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A new study from LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center shows video games that require physical activity can improve health in children with obesity. The study involved 46 children. Lead researcher Dr. Amanda Staiano explains the results.
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The children received an Xbox 360, Kinect, and four fitness-themed games. They were asked to complete three one-hour gaming sessions each week and had access to a fitness coach. Staiano says after six months the children reduced their body mass index by about three-percent and reduced their cholesterol by seven percentiles.
Staiano says there is much to take away from the results of this study, but you’ve got to find out what grabs a child’s attention.
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Louisiana is ranked among the five most vulnerable states in a report regarding weak voting security released by Democrats on the U. S. House Administration Committee. The study says paperless voting machines are dangerous, but Interim Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says the Democrats’ claims don’t hold water…
Ardoin says the Secretary of State’s office takes painstaking measures to keep election ballots accurate…
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Baton Rouge Republican Congressman Garrett Graves faces three challengers in the November midterm election. Graves is seeking a third term in the 6th district, after previously working in state government. One of Graves’s challengers, political newcomer Democrat Justin DeWitt, had harsh words for the Representative.
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DeWitt, possibly Louisiana’s first ever openly gay congressional candidate also accused Graves of using “gay innuendo” in mailers and online to attack a previous opponent, Paul Dietzel, in 2014. Graves says the accusation is “ridiculous”.
DeWitt also accuses the Congressman of being out of touch with the district, and a “corporate sellout” who’s owned by big business. Graves says when you look at his voting record, you’ll see the attacks are baseless.
Graves touted his record of recent accomplishments, including his roles in helping the state receive a 1.4 billion dollar flood protection grant from the feds, as well as recent legislation increasing the share of revenue the state receives from offshore activities…
Graves other two challengers are Devin Graham, an Independent from Gonzales and Democrat Andie Saizon. The software developer says she’s entering the race with a focus on healthcare. Saizon says she was inspired to jump into the race after a meeting with Graves where she says he explained why he voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
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Five men and one woman have signed up to challenge Acadiana Congressman Clay Higgins on the November sixth ballot. Lafayette attorney Josh Guillory is the lone Republican challenger. Guillory says Higgins has voted three times to raise our debt
Higgins, who lives in Port Barre, is seeking a second term as the House Representative for Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional district. Guillory says the biggest difference between himself and Higgins is that he lives in the district…
Four Democrats have signed up to challenge Higgins. Rob Anderson, Larry Rader, Verone Thomas and Lafayette attorney Mimi Methvin. Methvin says Higgins and the Trump administration have not followed through on their 2016 campaign promises