JAMB earns N31bn in 5 years, remits N15m

<p dir="ltr">The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) raked in at least N30.726 billion in five years but remitted only about N15 million to the Federal Government, Daily Trust findings have revealed.</p> <p dir="ltr">The amount was generated from the various registration fees for candidates who sat for JAMB’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) from 2011 to 2015.</p> <p dir="ltr"><u>Over</u> seven million candidates, who sat for the UMTE within the five-year period, paid between N4,000 and N4,600 each for registration.</p> <p dir="ltr">The Federal Government had, about two weeks ago, ordered a probe of past heads of JAMB, along with other agencies over “poor remittances.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Minister of Information KemiAdeosun, who informed journalists about the probe, said this year, JAMB remitted N5 billion to the FG with another N3 billion ready for remittance.</p> <p dir="ltr">Adeosun said JAMB had in the past years remitted an amount not exceeding N3m annually.</p> <p dir="ltr">This means between 2011 and 2015, JAMB remitted only N15m to the government.</p> <p dir="ltr">Daily Trust also reports that JAMB collected a budget average of over N2bn from the federal government each year within the 5-year period.</p> <p dir="ltr">Neither JAMB’s current Registrar, Prof IshaqOloyede, who was appointed on August 1, 2016, norhis predecessor, Prof ‘DibuOjerinde,has commented on the development.</p> <p dir="ltr">However, a senior official working with the board said billions of naira was the generated since the introduction computer-based tests in 2015, but the monies were not remitted to the treasury due to gross mismanagement of public funds and systematic looting by top officials.</p> <p dir="ltr">‘Highest remittance was N13m’</p> <p dir="ltr">“The money spent in test administration reduced drastically with the introduction of computer tests because there is no need to pay contractors involved in paper-pencil tests. So, billions were saved from 2015 to date but top officials embezzled the money. They remitted N13 million to the government in 2013 and that was the highest amount until 2015 when N5 billion was sent to the treasury,” he said.</p> <p dir="ltr">The official said he was not aware whether or not the investigation ordered by the government had started. “You know how government does its things. It has to follow processes; I am not sure if the investigation is on,” he said.   </p> <p dir="ltr">How board raked in billions</p> <p dir="ltr">Checks by Daily Trust revealed that a total of 1,493,604 million candidates sat for the UTME in 2011, with each paying N4,600 for registration. The amount totaled N6.870bn.</p> <p dir="ltr">In 2012, a total of 1,503,931m candidates registered and sat for the examination. Like the previous year, they paid N4,600, totaling N6.918bn.</p> <p dir="ltr">In 2013, a total of 1,644,110m candidates sat for the examination, but the registration fee was reduced to N4,000 per candidate. The total amount generated that year was N6.576bn.</p> <p dir="ltr">In 2014,a total of 1,015,504m candidates were asked to pay N4,000 each for the registration. The sum of N4.062bn was generated that year.</p> <p dir="ltr">In 2015, a total of 1.4m candidates registered and sat for the examinations with each of them paying N4,500 as registration fee, which totaled N6.3bn.</p> <p dir="ltr">The total amount generated for the five years was N30.726bn.</p> <p dir="ltr">Besides, JAMB introduced a N1,000 e-facility scratch card in 2015, which candidates would purchase to check and print their results, after the initial five-times free checks. The card is for both online result slip printing and admission letter printing.</p> <p dir="ltr">JAMB’s budgets from 2011 to 2015</p> <p dir="ltr">Daily Trust checks revealed that JAMB got a total allocation of N12.5bn from 2011 to 2015.</p> <p dir="ltr">The breakdown showed that in 2011, a total allocation of N2.228bn was approved for JAMB in the national budget under the Federal Ministry of Education, out of which the sum of N2.175bn was for recurrent and N52.901m for capital projects.</p> <p dir="ltr">In 2012, the National Assembly approved the sum of N2.370bn for JAMB. Its recurrent expenditure for that year was N2.361bn, while capital expenditure was N9m.</p> <p dir="ltr">The agency’s budget for 2013 was also increased as the board got a total of N2.557bn, out of which N2.522bn was for recurrent and N35m for capital.</p> <p dir="ltr">The agency’s budget for 2014 was similar to that of the previous year, which was N2.557. Out of the amount, recurrent expenditure got N2.532bn, while N25.06m was allocated for capital projects.</p> <p dir="ltr">The situation improved again in 2015 when JAMB got a total allocation of N2.813bn as its budget for that year, of which the sum of N2.648 was allocated for recurrent and N118m for capital vote.</p> <p dir="ltr">Senate, House support probe</p> <p dir="ltr">Speaking on the development, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator JibrinBarau (APC,Kano) threw the weightof the Senatebehind the probe.</p> <p dir="ltr">In a phone interview, he said the Senate would also review the books of the agency to know why previous heads of JAMB remitted pittance out of what they generated to the government coffers.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The whole thing happened when I was not in charge of the committee; in fact I wasn’t at the National Assembly at that time. We are talking of the era before the appointment of Professor Oloyede. The probe is going to be on the previous head of JAMB. </p> <p dir="ltr">“It’s quite surprising that the current management could remit up to N5bn when his predecessor was said to have remitted N5m. This has no doubt raised a lot of suspicion,” he said.</p> <p dir="ltr">Similarly, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education, Rep Aminu Suleiman (APC, Kano) said the past managements of JAMB must answer some questions regarding the poor remittances.</p> <p dir="ltr">Suleiman, who chaired the House Committee on Education during the last Assembly, said the investigation was in order and that the federal government must be commended for taking the bold step. </p> <p dir="ltr">“The probe is more than appropriate, because what the current registrar of JAMB did, for me, brings out a lot of issues that need to be discussed,” he added.</p> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5R-QuBzVio-jFEZ4gmDud2HscK9u8pDW0keKaUhGvppSGqcWMYlzex-fB3T8W2H1w_vLgI5UA9f42IK2RYN93KLhP6ys2Pa8WFqzs-LVNgxpjkXUydIwQAFH3hQmmgxOMG9Dkn9HSgTN/s1600/2017_9%2524largeimg26_Sep_2017_045726153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie5R-QuBzVio-jFEZ4gmDud2HscK9u8pDW0keKaUhGvppSGqcWMYlzex-fB3T8W2H1w_vLgI5UA9f42IK2RYN93KLhP6ys2Pa8WFqzs-LVNgxpjkXUydIwQAFH3hQmmgxOMG9Dkn9HSgTN/s640/2017_9%2524largeimg26_Sep_2017_045726153.jpg"> </a> </div>

JAMB earns N31bn in 5 years, remits N15m

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) raked in at least N30.726 billion in five years but remitted only about N15 million to th...

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THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has officially called off strike!!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">But the union said that the suspension has time line for the Federal Government to implement what was contained in the memorandum of action the two parties entered into.</span><div> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Briefing journalists after a meeting with the Federal Government Negotiation Team, the National President of ASUU, Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi said in event the government in her characteristic mature failed to implement the aggreement, the union will not hesitate to take appropriate action, adding that all the items on the list have a time line.</span><br style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br style="background-color: #f1f1f1; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;" /><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Briefing journalists after a meeting with the Federal Government Negotiation Team, the National President of ASUU, Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi said in event the government in her characteristic mature failed to implement the aggreement, the union will not hesitate to take appropriate action, adding that all the items on the list have a time line. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">ASUU and the Federal Government team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige had lurked in a meeting that started about 4.00pm which was supposed to last for about one hour, but it dragged for about four hours before agreement was reached on all contending issues. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Briefing Journalist after the meeting which ended at about 7.55pm, Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige said all the gray areas have been sorted out and an agreement reached. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He said that members of the union had insisted that they were tired of having agreements that are not implemented, pointing out that the content of the agreement was taken from the series of meeting with the union since the commencement of the strike.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He said further that that both the government and the union understood themselves and agreed in several issues, assuring that the agreement reached will be implemented by the government in line with available resources. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Areas of agreement include funding for revitalization of public universities and the issue of Earn Academic Allowances, the issue of University Staff Schools and the implementation of the judgement of the National Industrial Court, National Universities Pension Management Company and guidelines for pension matters for Professors. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He also said that the union agreed to the exemption offered by the government regarding the issue of TSA, which include the issue of grants, endowment fund as well as salary short fall which he said is already being implemented by government. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">On the issue of state universities, he said they agreed that the union will submit a position paper to the federal government on their observation with a view for government to advise state government on the funding of state universities. </span><br /> <span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: "Quattrocento Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">He describe the union as patriotic members of the society, pointing out that anybody who demand better working equipment is no doubt a patriot</span></div> </div>

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has officially called off strike!!

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Napping - Types, Benefits, Negative effects and Stigma

<p dir="ltr">While naps do not necessarily make up for inadequate or poor quality nighttime sleep, a short nap of 20-30 minutes can help to improve mood, alertness and <u>performance</u></p> <p dir="ltr">TYPES:<br> Naps can be typed in three different ways:<br> 1.  Planned napping (also called preparatory napping) involves taking a nap before you actually get sleepy. You may use this technique when you know that you will be up later than your normal bed time or as a mechanism to ward off getting tired earlier.<br> 2.  Emergency napping occurs when you are suddenly very tired and cannot continue with the activity you were originally engaged in. This type of nap can be used to combat drowsy driving or fatigue while using heavy and dangerous machinery.<br> 3.  Habitual napping is practiced when a person takes a nap at the same time each day. Young children may fall asleep at about the same time each afternoon or an adult might take a short nap after lunch each day.</p> <p dir="ltr">TIPS:<br> A short nap is usually recommended (20-30 minutes) for short-term alertness. This type of nap provides significant benefit for improved alertness and performance without leaving you feeling groggy or interfering with nighttime sleep.<br> Your sleep environment can greatly impact your ability to fall asleep. Make sure that you have a restful place to lie down and that the<br> temperature in the room is comfortable. Try to limit the amount of noise heard and the extent of the light filtering in. While some studies have shown that just spending time in bed can be beneficial, it is better to try to catch some zzz’s.<br> If you take a nap too late in the day, it might affect your nighttime sleep patterns and make it difficult to fall asleep at your regular bedtime. If you try to take it too early in the day, your body may not be ready for more sleep.</p> <p dir="ltr">BENEFITS:<br> Naps can restore alertness, enhance performance, and reduce mistakes and accidents. A study at NASA on sleepy military pilots and astronauts found that a 40-minute nap improved performance by 34% and alertness 100%.<br> Naps can increase alertness in the period directly following the nap and may extend alertness a few hours later in the day.<br> Scheduled napping has also been prescribed for those who are affected by narcolepsy .<br> Napping has psychological benefits. A nap can be a pleasant luxury, a mini-vacation. It can provide an easy way to get some relaxation and rejuvenation.<br> Most people are aware that driving while sleepy is extremely dangerous. Still, many drivers press on when they feel drowsy in spite of the risks, putting themselves and others in harm's way. While getting a full night's sleep before driving is the ideal, taking a short nap before driving can reduce a person's risk of having a drowsy driving crash. Sleep experts also recommend that if you feel drowsy when driving, you should immediately pull over to a rest area, drink a caffeinated beverage and take a 20-minute nap.<br> Shift work , which means working a schedule that deviates from the typical "9 to 5" hours, may cause fatigue and performance impairments, especially for night shift workers. In a 2006 study, researchers at the Sleep Medicine and Research Center affiliated with St. John's Mercy Medical Center and St. Luke's Hospital in suburban St. Louis, MO, looked at the effectiveness of taking naps and consuming caffeine to cope with sleepiness during the night shift. They found that both naps and caffeine improved alertness and performance among night shift workers and that the combination of naps and caffeine had the most beneficial effect.<br> James K. Walsh, PhD, one of the researchers who conducted the study, explains, "Because of the body's propensity for sleep at night, being alert and productive on the night shift can be challenging, even if you've had enough daytime sleep." "Napping before work combined with consuming caffeine while on the job is an effective strategy for remaining alert on the night shift."</p> <p dir="ltr">NEGATIVE EFFECTS:<br> In spite of these benefits, napping isn't always the best option for everyone. For example, some people have trouble sleeping any place other than their own bed, making a nap at the office or anywhere else unlikely. Other people simply have trouble sleeping in the daytime; it could be that certain individuals are more sensitive to the midday dip than others – those who are may feel sleepier and have an easier time napping. Here are some other negative effects:<br> Naps can leave people with sleep inertia, especially when they last more than 10-20 minutes. Sleep inertia is defined as the feeling of grogginess and disorientation that can come with awakening from a deep sleep. While this state usually only lasts for a few minutes to a half-hour, it can be detrimental to those who must perform immediately after waking from a napping period. Post-nap impairment and disorientation is more severe, and can last longer, in people who are sleep deprived or nap for longer periods.<br> Napping can also have a negative effect on other sleeping periods. A long nap or a nap taken too late in the day may adversely affect the length and quality of nighttime sleep. If you have trouble sleeping at night, a nap will only amplify problems.<br> One study has indicated that napping is associated with increased risk of heart failure in people already at risk.</p> <p dir="ltr">STIGMAS:<br> While research has shown that napping is a beneficial way to relieve tiredness, it still has stigmas associated with it.<br> Napping indicates laziness, a lack of ambition, and low standards.<br> Napping is only for children, the sick and the elderly.<br> Though the above statements are false, many segments of the public may still need to be educated on the benefits of napping.<br> A recent study in the research journal Sleep examined the benefits of naps of various lengths and no naps. The results showed that a 10-minute nap produced the most benefit in terms of reduced sleepiness and improved cognitive performance. A nap lasting 30 minutes or longer is more likely to be accompanied by sleep inertia, which is the period of grogginess that sometimes follows sleep.<br> By now you're probably thinking about ways to incorporate naps into your daily routine. Keep in mind that getting enough sleep on regular basis is the best way to stay alert and feel your best. But when fatigue sets in, a quick nap can do wonders for your mental and physical stamina.</p> <p dir="ltr">Reference: <a href="https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/napping">https://sleepfoundation.org/sleep-topics/napping</a></p>

Napping - Types, Benefits, Negative effects and Stigma

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Why Sleeping Shrinks Your Brain

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQs3nEkM5tk-O6POL7HwzhKwO9w420lPEa_DIjVfTKuQ7zmtL7w6Uq-kRwl5FrSsS-8Tk872tZ0SUDsgM1qt05Eu_ZGfGEHFZJhK5hXaM5-AKexjPwpblUfSNWHosG8LXsOOr-8DdDsaZF/s1600/Sleeping-Positions-feature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQs3nEkM5tk-O6POL7HwzhKwO9w420lPEa_DIjVfTKuQ7zmtL7w6Uq-kRwl5FrSsS-8Tk872tZ0SUDsgM1qt05Eu_ZGfGEHFZJhK5hXaM5-AKexjPwpblUfSNWHosG8LXsOOr-8DdDsaZF/s320/Sleeping-Positions-feature.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div dir="ltr"> <u><u>If</u></u> you haven't yet read Ariana Huffington'<u>s</u> <a href="http://www.refinery29.com/arianna-huffington-sleep-revolution-interview"><i>The Sleep Revolution</i></a> or been otherwise inspired/terrified/shamed into reevaluating your sleep habits, there's no time like the present. We already know that a full night of sleep is essential for so many of our bodies' weird and wonderful recharging processes<br> </div></div>

Why Sleeping Shrinks Your Brain

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Poor Sleep can worsen kidney disease

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLTLqZHW5pjEiLt6IBumzyiMkNHSdQee17k5rbxvkW41Otk_x9upP-v3E1L8vcC53qQo7WwjJRdIxqsUjrg6btL_wVAOI4wrRj3_Kr0146zgL5iU0tjLIpEw_IqsR_Rrmn-Vag-UhmSDR/s1600/kidney-26-1480150477.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLTLqZHW5pjEiLt6IBumzyiMkNHSdQee17k5rbxvkW41Otk_x9upP-v3E1L8vcC53qQo7WwjJRdIxqsUjrg6btL_wVAOI4wrRj3_Kr0146zgL5iU0tjLIpEw_IqsR_Rrmn-Vag-UhmSDR/s320/kidney-26-1480150477.jpg" width="320"></a></div> Poor sleep according to a recent report may worsen the illness of people with chronic kidney disease.<br> <br> Study author Dr. Ana Ricardo, of the University of Illinois at Chicago said, “Short sleep and fragmented sleep are significant yet unappreciated risk factors for chronic kidney disease progression.”<br> <br> </div>

Poor Sleep can worsen kidney disease

Poor sleep according to a recent report may worsen the illness of people with chronic kidney disease. Study author Dr. Ana Ricardo, of ...

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Why Stress Makes You Want to Eat Everything in Sight (or Nothing at All)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Zi2BY7acRcjjgYFWya4Y3tWGdbRRUEtYQy6RHapszG1hryP8j3aobf8XPdUxfin8Ys9V7kKmSG79pZwtJykfM6GkkH-itk7m5ZKmioqjIv0zi7KeS3ZiO5at6-ZleU4xJd7AwFkJUPw4/s1600/stress-eating.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Zi2BY7acRcjjgYFWya4Y3tWGdbRRUEtYQy6RHapszG1hryP8j3aobf8XPdUxfin8Ys9V7kKmSG79pZwtJykfM6GkkH-itk7m5ZKmioqjIv0zi7KeS3ZiO5at6-ZleU4xJd7AwFkJUPw4/s200/stress-eating.jpg" width="182"></a></div> Stress impacts our bodies in numerous ways, from tension headaches to trouble sleeping. It also affects our appetite: On some nights before a big test or work presentation, we can go through a bag of Cheetos or a pint of Ben & Jerry's in no time. But in other nerve-wracking situations, we lose our appetite completely. What gives? Turns out there are both psychological and physiological factors at play.<br> </div>

Why Stress Makes You Want to Eat Everything in Sight (or Nothing at All)

Stress impacts our bodies in numerous ways, from tension headaches to trouble sleeping. It also affects our appetite: On some nights befo...

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Top 5 Fruits for Weight Loss

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsHhQ85KL8oeadq6mEzZdsVDZEYv2BW8Anzwr_owXR9Tnz6q7musB7qkQkAWsCCWx_mHrswpQ2aHFMwY8IltqzsOF5ldbRFDXY-op6DCYpnQ0w6fW6YEAO8PxMqiFgHIigWSjZg_Xl-mC/s1600/red-apples-and-wooden-basket-159751465-570fa9af3df78c7d9e5ee518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsHhQ85KL8oeadq6mEzZdsVDZEYv2BW8Anzwr_owXR9Tnz6q7musB7qkQkAWsCCWx_mHrswpQ2aHFMwY8IltqzsOF5ldbRFDXY-op6DCYpnQ0w6fW6YEAO8PxMqiFgHIigWSjZg_Xl-mC/s320/red-apples-and-wooden-basket-159751465-570fa9af3df78c7d9e5ee518.jpg" width="320"></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">               </div> <div class="content content-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: merriweather, times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: 15.2px; margin: 1.25rem 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> <div class="content-list-body" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.625rem 0px; padding: 0px;"> <div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.625rem; margin-top: 0.625rem; padding: 0px;"> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <i>1. Apples </i></h3> <div style="text-align: left;"> It’s no secret that fruit is a smart part of a healthy diet. When a snack attack hits, pay a visit to your fruit bowl. Whatever’s in there is likely to be better for you than the contents of your pantry. But is all fruit created equal? Let's investigate which fruits are best if you’re looking to lose weight.</div> </div></div></div></div>

Top 5 Fruits for Weight Loss

               1. Apples  It’s no secret that fruit is a smart part of a healthy diet. When a snack attack hits, pay a visit to ...

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