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Ultra-Processed Foods May Impair Cognition in Elderly

Processed or ultra-processed?

An article earlier this year in the European Journal of Nutrition reported that high consumption of ultra-processed foods is linked to worse-than-average performance on one particular test of cognitive function in older US adults (60+ years-old) who did not have chronic diseases such as diabetes or cardiovascular disease. The particular test was “Animal Fluency.” Never heard of it? Me either. Keep reading.

The study included 2,700 participants, average age 69. Participants were asked to recall what they ate in the prior 24 hours. Foods were “classified according to NOVA, a food classification based on the extent and

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Overweight US Adolescents Eat More Ultra-Processed Foods

September 21, 2022 · 7:00 PM

“One little piece won’t hurt . . .”

An article in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found an association between overweight/obesity and consumption of ultra–processed foods in US adolescents.

The study looked at 3,600 adolescents who reported their food intake over a 24-hour period. The results are pretty strong: the more ultra-processed food consumed, the greater the odds of overweight and obesity.

Jan at The Low Carb Diabetic blog reported that:

Ultra-processed foods make up ‘two-thirds of calories consumed by children and teens’
Experts from Tufts University in Massachusetts studied

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Amador High football team suspended after chat thread surfaces

The Amador County Office of Education is investigating a “chat thread” involving the varsity football team

SUTTER CREEK, Calif. — The Amador High School varsity football team remains off the field indefinitely following word that the school district is investigating a “chat thread.”

“It’s concerning. That’s a huge step for a supervisor or superintendent to take,” said Sutter Creek resident Dennis Daniels.

In an email to parents, in part, it reads, “The District is aware of the chat thread associated with the Amador Varsity Football Team. At this time, the team is suspended until further notice and three staff members

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2 areas teachers in top 10 for Teacher of the Year | Schools

Two area high school teachers are top-10 finalists for 2023 Indiana Teacher of the Year.

Jason Beer, an English teacher at Homestead High School, and Tara Cocanower, who teaches social studies at Bluffton High School, advanced to the top 10 after being named to the Top 25.

The Indiana Department of Education will announce the teacher of the year this fall. The 10 finalists will be interviewed by a panel of former teachers of the year and department of education staff.

Beer and Cocanower were both named teachers of the year in their respective school districts – Beer in Southwest

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Some Newport News parents voice concerns over ‘learning cottages’ at Heritage High School

A Newport News Public Schools spokesperson said the trailers were added “to accommodate the addition of another grade level this school year.”

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Some parents in Newport News are voicing safety concerns over a new addition to their children’s school. A parent sent 13News Now photos of a trailer unit behind the campus of Heritage High School.

While leaders are in the process of building a new middle school, Heritage High School continues to house Huntington Middle School. Last year, 6th and 7th graders were housed on part of the top floor.

“To accommodate the addition of

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Black college students extra harshly disciplined in Victor Valley excessive colleges, feds say

Khan, Irfan –– B582213710Z.1 VICTORVILLE, CA, July 03, 2012 ––– A pedestrian crosses 7th. Street in old town area of ​​Victorville. City is teetering on the brink of financial ruin due to some bad financial investments. Green Tree golf course, where the city dumped a ton of money into the club house, the old airbase, the old plane boneyard and an abandoned house that city paid $375,000 are some of many bad financial decisions that put into trouble.(Irfan Khan/ Los Angeles Times)

Seventh Road within the outdated city space of ​​Victorville, Calif., the place a number of colleges within the Victor Valley Union Excessive Faculty District are situated. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Instances)

The Victor Valley Union Excessive Faculty District disciplined Black college students extra harshly than others and has agreed to rectify its historical past of discriminatory practices, the US Division of Schooling introduced Tuesday.

The report by the division’s Workplace for Civil Rights revealed one principal within the Inland Empire district instructed investigators that Black college students are disciplined extra as a result of they’re “loud” and it is

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Berea teen skips high school, enrolls at Baldwin Wallace

Advice from a BW physics professor helped gifted junior high school student William Warren decide to forego high school and go straight to college.

BEREA, Ohio — One motivated local middle school student will never make it to high school. That’s because he skipped it and went straight to college! There are plenty of smart, ambitious freshman at Baldwin Wallace, but only intellectually-gifted Berea teen William Warren celebrated a 14th birthday.

Warren says for most of his life he struggled to stay engaged and fulfilled in his own school grade. It’s safe to say he is obsessed with the science

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Liar-Elect George Santos’ List of Dubious Claims Is STILL Growing

George Santos campaign/Handout via REUTERS

George Santos campaign/Handout via REUTERS

The perplexing series of alleged lies from George Santos, the Republican congressman-elect from Long Island under investigation by county, state and federal prosecutors, have continued to roll in this week—with each “embellishment” as shocking as the last.

Among the new claims under scrutiny in the last 24 hours: Santos’ high school education, his claim to be half-Black, a claim that his family’s Jewish last name was Zabrovsky, and that “9/11 claimed” his mother’s life after she ‘d “fled socialism” in Europe.

In reality, a genealogist told CNN Santos’ mother was born in Brazil, where her

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