Colorado a heavyweight in skinny survey

You won't find Donna Simpson, world's fattest woman, anywhere near this state. As David McSwane reported here yesterday, a recent Gallup poll crowned Colorado as the winner in the competition for slimmest U.S. metro cities, with its four largest metro areas taking a huge bite out of the top ten...

By Patricia CalhounMarch 16, 2010

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You won’t find Donna Simpson, world’s fattest woman, anywhere near this state.

As David McSwane reported here yesterday, a recent Gallup poll crowned Colorado as the winner in the competition for slimmest U.S. metro cities, with its four largest metro areas taking a huge bite out of the top ten ranking.

Boulder didn’t take the organic, non-fat cake this time, though. Although that town still tops the overall well-being index published by Gallup, when it comes to waist lines, the Fort Collins/Loveland area, its foe to the north, wins bragging rights.

Also making the top ten list: Colorado Springs and Denver.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12’s public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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