Jessica Hill, director of the DeKalb Cooperative Extension, has been named president of the Georgia Nutrition Council.

Hill was installed as president at the council’s annual meeting “Bridging Research & Practice” on Feb. 24-25 in Athens.

The mission of the council is to bring together professionals from the nutrition and food science fields to promote awareness of current nutrition issues and research related to Georgians.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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