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Obesity

  • 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

    March 8, 2012

    Non-fat: Colorado least obese state, Boulder trimmest city

    In a nation of widening waist bands and shrinking candy bars, Colorado's obese population is going the way of King Size Snickers. The results from a new Gallup-Healthways poll show the state came out on top (again) as the least obese in the nation. And while Boulder and Fort Collins both ranked amo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2012

    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 >>

  • Articles

    January 26, 2012

    Drama and humor mix well in The Whale

    ​ 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 >>

  • Culture

    January 26, 2012

    Drama and humor mix well in The Whale

    ​ 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 >>

  • 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 5, 2011

    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.

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    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 >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    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.

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2010

    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 >>

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    What's cooking? Events at cooking schools

    What's cooking? Mise en Place Cooking School, at 1801 Wynkoop Street #175, is hosting the kick off of LiveWell Colorado's five-year plan to end obesity in Colorado today. At 9:30 a.m., Dr. Collins, the "Cooking Cardiologist," will offer a cooking demonstration, followed by speakers at 10 a.m. For mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Comments on Rocky Mountain News' obese-women-have-sex report funnier than the article itself

    What's cooking? Mise en Place Cooking School, at 1801 Wynkoop Street #175, is hosting the kick off of LiveWell Colorado's five-year plan to end obesity in Colorado today. At 9:30 a.m., Dr. Collins, the "Cooking Cardiologist," will offer a cooking demonstration, followed by speakers at 10 a.m. For mo ... More >>

  • News

    July 4, 2002

    No Sweat

    The fitness czar fights a losing battle of the bulge with Colorado's porky kids.

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