Obesity

CSU and CU are collaborating on a study on childhood obesity. They aren't going to be looking for the causes of it. Instead, they will be offering strategies to at-risk families to see what works in battling the problem.

CSU and CU are collaborating on a study on childhood obesity. The team, headed by CSU will receive about $5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for the Healthy Environments Study.

Gossip around the water cooler likely includes the health of people you know, personally I know two people who have had heart attacks in the last week. In looking at the numbers in dollars and death, I wondered, is that enough to get Coloradoans to lose weight?

This year, some children in Fargo, North Dakota may get a bigger trick than treat when hitting the streets for trick-or-treating. That's because a woman in the city has decided to take a stand against childhood obesity, which on its face it's a noble effort. However, the method in which she is doing it is turning heads.

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.

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.

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.