- Reuters
Weight-loss options for US youth are hard to come by
For many U.S. parents seeking help for a child with obesity, the most widely-endorsed treatment is out of reach - and it's not the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Leading medical groups recommend intensive behavioral counseling - 26 hours within one year - to teach children and their families practical ways to eat healthier and move more. As a result, fewer than 1% of the nearly 15 million U.S. children with obesity get this type of structured care, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention told Reuters.
- Reuters
US farmers shun buyers, cling to unsold corn as prices slump
South Dakota farmer Eric Kroupa received a flurry of calls from grain dealers and ethanol plants asking to buy the corn locked away in his bins when prices neared 4-1/2-month peaks last month. "There's a lot of corn out there but it's sitting in the farmers' bins and not the end-users' hands," Kroupa said. Grain supplies are ample and early ratings of summer crops are the best in years.
- Austin American-Statesman
How Austin students in grades 3-8 fared in STAAR reading, math compared with pre-pandemic
Compared with before COVID-19, Austin ISD third through eighth grade students' STAAR scores have improved in literacy but declined in math.
