Body Weight

Photos: Here's why Boulder is the least obese American city for third year in a row

Do you think people in Boulder get tired of having the city ranked the best this or the top that? If so, they must be relieved to discover that Boulder finished second in a list of the most-content cities -- although that reaction may only make them feel more satisfied, risking a possible number-on ... More >>

Colorado may be the least obese state, but we're getting fatter

Colorado ranked lowest on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 2012 obesity rate study, but don't grab for the funnel cakes in celebration just yet: Over the past fifteen years, the obesity rate has doubled or almost doubled in 38 states, and even Colorado's has increased substantially. ... More >>

Colorado ranks lowest in obesity rate study: We're still the skinniest state

Those summer bike rides to the local farmers' market have apparently paid off. Once again, Colorado ranks lowest on the state-by-state adult obesity rate analysis conducted by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Maybe it's because there are so many appealing outd ... More >>

Reader: New Jersey's Chris Christie might not hate marijuana if he knew it lowers obesity risk

Yesterday, we highlighted the views of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who reportedly doesn't want his state to go to pot like Colorado. One reader thinks Christie might not be such a weed hater if he realized the benefits that marijuana can have for people like him.

Photos: Ten funniest Michelle Obama movin' and shakin' moments

Michelle Obama, who is making two campaign stops in Denver's suburbs this morning, backs "Let's Move," an anti-obesity program with the lofty goal of solving the "epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation." Her glowing physique and enviable shoulders dressed to perfection, she's often pictur ... More >>

Reader: I have seen administrators lack the guts to support gay and lesbian teachers

Lasley Elementary gets a new salad bar as part of HBO's The Weight of the Nation

Lakewood mayor Bob Murphy stood in front of Lasley Elementary students today and talked about how the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff view obesity as a national security issue, since 27 percent of all applicants for the armed forces are too obese to serve. The rest of the festivities were more upbeat, bu ... More >>

In the quest for un-fatting, the right fitness buddy is key

Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don't punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in this series: As internet memes go, I really hope this one is just about to gasp its last breath before being lost in the ... More >>

Reader: Michelle Obama should stay the hell out of my Happy Meal!

​ Michelle Obama's ski trip to Aspen over Presidents Day weekend created a flurry of interest in our post from this time last year, when she and the First Daughters skied in Vail and ate at Restaurant Kelly Liken. Who knew that Rush Limbaugh was a restaurant critic? "The problem is, and dare I ... More >>

No one trusts a skinny food critic

Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don't punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in this series: No one trusts a skinny food critic. That sentiment was a pretty awesome excuse to gorge myself on pastries ... More >>

Drama and humor mix well in The Whale

Drama and humor mix well in The Whale

A food critic finds motivation to stay on the weight-loss wagon for the long haul

​Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don't punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part seven of this series: There have been a few defiant (mostly ice cream-related) bumps in the road since I star ... More >>

Trying to lose weight? Eat more like a food critic

​Over the last few months, I went from the worst shape of my life to the best while continuing to eat like a food critic. Don't punch me in the face; instead, read how I did it in part five of this series: I like to blame my line of work for my fat-ass predicament. It's a convenient scapegoa ... More >>

Reader: Bar Belle and dieters dissing gluten do a disservice to those with celiac disease

​"I was really hoping you'd go on the Jason Sheehan diet: whiskey, cigarettes, and Lucky Charms," writes Mantonat in response to the second installment of Bar Belle, Laura Shunk's new series about how a food critic can indeed get fit. In last Monday's installment, Shunk kicked gluten to the c ... More >>

Colorado Children's Campaign says state's children becoming both more hungry and obese

Dr. Steve Berman (left), Angela Glover Blackwell and Bill Shore discuss childhood hunger.​Colorado's children suffer from two seemingly contradictory food-related health problems: hunger and obesity. That's the word from the Colorado Children's Campaign, a nonprofit advocacy organization focus ... More >>

NPR celebrates Colorado as thinnest state -- but one that's getting fatter (AUDIO)

Why would Colorado be spotlighted in National Public Radio's ongoing series about obesity? Because while our fair state is currently the leanest in the U.S., we're still packing on the pounds despite the shining example of fitness beasts like Boulder's Ryan Van Duzer.

The Kitchen owners are lauded for farm-to-table leadership in Entrepreneur magazine

The Kitchen​When Kimbal Musk and Hugo Matheson opened their newest restaurant, Boulder's Kitchen [Next Door], earlier this year, Musk was clear that the new space is about expanding the farm-to-table concept, which the flagship Kitchen pioneered, into something everyone can take part in: "We t ... More >>

Obesity rates: Colorado's is the lowest in the nation, making us the skinniest state of all

Flickr​ Colorado is good at winning. If there's a ranking of the best states for getting drunk, using condoms or being manly, you can bet Colorado's near the top. In fact, this year alone, we've won at dating, being smart and making the most fraud complaints in the nation! And today, we've w ... More >>

Denver-based Potato Board fires back at New England Journal of Medicine

Do not mess with the Potato Board.​Don't mess with spuds. That was the message sent out yesterday by the Denver-based United States Potato Board, in response to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine that states potatoes make your body resemble Mr. Potato Head. In ... More >>

Michelle Obama orders ribs at Restaurant Kelly Liken, gets called "fat" by Rush Limbaugh

Dominique Taylor, Vail Daily​Michelle Obama spent her Presidents' Weekend without the president and with her daughters in Vail, where she skied, dined and managed to get the conservative media so riled up they called her fat. We know that the First Lady has made battling childhood obesity her ... More >>

Local Spanish language soap opera takes on obesity

​Long-lost evil twin? An intergenerational love affair between family members who don't know they're related? A romance forged via ESP between two people in a coma? As long as the dramatic music was right, we wouldn't blink if we saw one of those absurd scenarios unfold on a daily soap. But ... More >>

Does religion make you fat? Atheist Tim Covell says it does

​Atheist author Tim Covell's propagating a new obesity theory, and it has nothing to do with carbs, fat or high fructose corn syrup. Rather, he's noticed a correlation between godliness and obesity.

America is losing the fat race, and it's downright unacceptable

scrapetvThis guy's doing his part​With all the rhetoric surrounding the danger of fatness in America, it's surprising to find that, according to a recent GlobalPost article, the USA isn't the fattest country in the world. In fact, based on body-mass index (BMI) ratings by a World Health Organi ... More >>

It's not butter sticks that lead to obesity: It's the "fat bug"

​Apparently, it's not the triple cream Brie, the foie gras or chicken liver pâté, or the supersize burger, milkshake and xx-large boat of fries that's contributing to our nation's obesity. Nope. According to new research, the muffin that droops over your waistline is caused by the "fat bug, ... More >>

Jamie Oliver expanding fight against childhood obesity

​British chef Jamie Oliver has spent the last several months working with kids to improve their choices with regard to nutrition, documenting his progress on ABC's Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. Now he's won a $100,000 TED grant to combat childhood obesity, and his plan sounds like a good on ... More >>

Fat chance! Colorado the skinniest state

​Colorado gets an A in "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future," a new report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to "F as in Fat," 38 states have adult obesity rates above 25 percent -- when in 1991, no state rated over 20 percent ... More >>

Journal of a gastric bypass alternative: My week with the beFull Solution

​I am not a dieter. I am not equipped with the willpower required to say no to delicious morsels like pork belly buns or triple creme brie or basically anything that's battered and fried. Likewise, I'm never going to forgo a particularly good bread basket; in fact, I'm going to slather that s ... More >>

Doc holds out a cookie (diet) to world's fattest woman

Dr. Sanford Siegal has a cookie for you.​Still fat, part deux. Donna Simpson, the female fatty from New Jersey who wants to eat her way to 1,000 pounds, now has a doctor in her kitchen corner. Dr. Sanford Siegal, "a practicing physician in South Florida best known as the creator of the popu ... More >>