K99 – Colorado’s Best Country » Obesity http://k99.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:43:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 What Are the Fittest and Fattest States in the US? http://k99.com/what-are-the-fittest-and-fattest-states-in-the-us/ http://k99.com/what-are-the-fittest-and-fattest-states-in-the-us/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 17:38:29 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=132244 All that fresh mountain air must be a very good thing, because according to a new report from the CDC, Colorado has once again ranked as the thinnest state in the nation.

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]]> http://k99.com/what-are-the-fittest-and-fattest-states-in-the-us/feed/ 0 trailsource, flickr US Skinny Cities: Fort Collins #3, Boulder #1 http://k99.com/u-s-skinny-cities-ft-collins-3-boulder-1/ http://k99.com/u-s-skinny-cities-ft-collins-3-boulder-1/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:28:40 +0000 Mark Callaghan http://k99.com/?p=112523 A survey of more than 350,000 Americans for the new Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index has revealed the nation’s fattest and skinniest cities — and three Colorado cities have landed in the top 10 skinniest positions.

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]]> http://k99.com/u-s-skinny-cities-ft-collins-3-boulder-1/feed/ 0 tobyotter/flickr Mississippi Is Most Obese State, Colorado Still Leanest http://k99.com/mississippi-is-most-obese-state-colorado-still-leanest/ http://k99.com/mississippi-is-most-obese-state-colorado-still-leanest/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:20:10 +0000 Pete Hanson http://k99.com/?p=13883 For the second straight year, Colorado has weighed in as the thinnest state in the country according to the latest analysis by Calorie Lab, Inc. Mississippi was the most obese for the sixth straight year. The United States is getting bigger, quickly.  Colorado's current obesity rate would have made it the heaviest state in 1995.

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