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Children's Health

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Jared Polis hopes to reverse "pizza is a vegetable" loophole

    Representative Jared Polis wants to introduce legislation that promises to reverse Congress's controversial decision to keep pizza lsbeled a "vegetable" in school lunches. "What Congress has done, believe it or not, is defied logic," Polis said in front of a crowd of lunchtime students at Louisville ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Even before pizza, ketchup was almost a vegetable

    Before the 'Pizza as a vegetable' debacle made national headlines and inspired legislation from District 2's House Representative Jared Polis, there was the original school lunch controversy: the battle over ketchup.

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Breastfeeding: Student draft policy in motion before TV report, Metro says

    Thanks to a certain Time magazine cover photo, breastfeeding is a hot topic -- one 7News localized with the story of a Metro State student who said her grade was docked for taking time out of class to pump breast milk. But a Metro spokesman says the school was tackling the issue before being prodded ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Five ways to make public-school food and drinks healthier

    When money and ethics collide, the crash is usually fun to watch. But when you throw public school meals into that mix, you get an ugly food fight with few winners and lots of losers -- and those losers are kids who are just trying to eat their lunches and get to recess.

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    St. Baldrick's charity event at Fado today

    Fado Irish Pub, 1735 19th Street, is hosting a charity event today as part of Paddython 2012, a week-long celebration of all things Irish; a bottomless Stella happy hour and music from That Eighties Band are just part of the festivities. Today Fado will donate 20 percent of all food sales to the St. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Vine Street hosts an event to raise money for kids with cancer

    Vine Street Pub, along with a group of fifth-graders from Bromwell Elementary School, will host a fundraiser on Sunday night for the Raymond Wentz Foundation, which helps raise money for parents whose children have cancer and are dealing with the medical costs associated with chemotherapy. To get p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Food Day activities will bloom at the Denver Botanic Gardens

    ​Denver's Food Day activities are rooted at the Denver Botanic Gardens, 1007 York Street, which has partnered with several community groups for an eleven-hour extravaganza that's part of a nationwide campaign to promote affordable food in a sustainable way. The activities, which will run fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2011

    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 >>

  • Music

    September 15, 2011

    Active Child

    Monday, September 19, hi-dive, 720-570-4500.

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Breast-milk pumping results in job loss?: ACLU takes action on behalf of Heather Burgbacher

    ​Did a Jefferson County charter school decide not to renew the contract of veteran teacher Heather Burgbacher because she pumped breast milk at work? That's the contention of the ACLU of Colorado, which has taken legal action on Burgbacher's behalf that could lead to a lawsuit against Jeffco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2011

    Death to the brown bags: school lunches vs. homemade, a fight to the finish

    ​Is the concept of students bringing lunch from home dying a hideous death -- just like live social interaction and Gilbert Gottfried's career? At Little Village Academy on Chicago's west side, students are not allowed to bring lunches from home unless they have a medical excuse, so they have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    The link between depression and music is just as obvious as you think

    ​Think back to your teenage years. Chances are, if you were like any of us, you spent the majority of your time listening to music, reading the liner notes through and through and playing air guitar half-naked in your room. Doesn't sound that depressing, but a recent study in Pediatrics & Adol ... More >>

  • Film

    April 7, 2011

    The Elephant in the Living Room lands at the Oriental Theater

    ​Think back to your teenage years. Chances are, if you were like any of us, you spent the majority of your time listening to music, reading the liner notes through and through and playing air guitar half-naked in your room. Doesn't sound that depressing, but a recent study in Pediatrics & Adol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Fadó Irish Pub kicks off its St. Paddy's Day celebrations today with a hair-raising charity event

    ​St. Paddy's Day isn't until next Thursday, but already, Fadó Irish Pub and Restaurant, the behemoth Irish-themed watering hole, roughly the size of Dublin, is gearing up to paint the town green -- starting with your bald head.

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2011

    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 >>

  • News

    January 27, 2011

    Indra Lusero's pitch to help Colorado midwives is catching heat in the legislature

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2010

    Trans fat-eating mom can make a fat baby!

    ​Were you a pleasingly plump baby? If so, you might have a case against your mother -- if she was ingesting trans fat by the gallon while breastfeeding. Alex Anderson, assistant professor at the UGA College of Family and Consumer Sciences, and his team studied 96 women and their babies and ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    Last night: School of Seven Bells - 09/24/10

    Tom MurphyPeter Black​ SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS With Active Child and DJ Peter Black 09.24.10 | Larimer Lounge, Denver Peter Black kicked off the evening with an hour-long set of remixes he's done for various artists, including songs by Chris & Cosey, Blonde Redhead and Glasser. Black moved in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Breastfeeding mom told to "wrap it up" at LoveSac store: Possible nurse-in protest?

    Kristine Lauria, "lactivist."​Not all stores and businesses in Colorado understand the state's breastfeeding laws. But an increasing number of women here do, and they're standing up for their rights. Example: Following negative publicity generated by Sandy Snow being asked to leave a Colorado ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    Breastfeeding mea culpa from Colorado Rockies

    Sandy and Ashlie.​The Rockies may have lost to the Red Sox last night, but they won with Sandy Snow. Earlier this season, Snow had been breastfeeding her daughter, Ashlie, at a game when Coors Field personnel asked her to move out of view, even though only Ashlie's toes were exposed. Snow was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2010

    Tam Huynh and Thuy Nguyen plead guilty to being the Enfamil Bandits: Babies everywhere rejoice

    Tam Huynh admitted having a criminal formula.​Most young parents will tell you that baby formula is so expensive it could be made out of gold. But for Tam Huynh and Thuy Nguyen, it was basically the equivalent of poker chips and narcotics. That's the story told by the Jefferson County Distric ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Strange Sauce: The week in national food news

    ​Michelle Obama's "Let's Move" campaign against childhood obesity kicked off yesterday in full force. Among her goals are the demand for promoting more exercise within school curriculums, teaching children about healthy food choices, and ensuring that nutritional information will be less misle ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2009

    Why Coloradans need to get fatter

    A new survey finds that Colorado has the lowest percentage of overweight adults in these United States, and the tenth lowest percentage of obese children. But is that a good thing? Not according to student Shane Neely, who in late 2007 presented a speech in a Boulder classroom entitled, "Why Obesi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 15, 2007

    Pledge Allegiance

    A new survey finds that Colorado has the lowest percentage of overweight adults in these United States, and the tenth lowest percentage of obese children. But is that a good thing? Not according to student Shane Neely, who in late 2007 presented a speech in a Boulder classroom entitled, "Why Obesi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 11, 2007

    Ride 'Em, Councilman

    A new survey finds that Colorado has the lowest percentage of overweight adults in these United States, and the tenth lowest percentage of obese children. But is that a good thing? Not according to student Shane Neely, who in late 2007 presented a speech in a Boulder classroom entitled, "Why Obesi ... More >>

  • News

    April 3, 2003

    In Sickness and in Wealth

    Medicaid patients could be facing death by a thousand cuts.

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