LiveWell Colorado (LWC) is currently immersed in an exciting and challenging transition period. Originally formed in 2009, the organization was charged with leading a convergence effort in Colorado to reduce obesity through healthy eating and active living lifestyles. The term convergence was not easily, nor clearly, measured at the time, and as a nonprofit organization, […]
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The USDA and First Lady Michelle Obama recently announced proposed guidelines for school wellness policies. The policy includes new rules to ensure that unhealthy food marketing at school will not continue to undermine kids’ health. The new rules will ban unhealthy food marketing to children on school grounds, including scoreboards at athletic events; on vending
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I am so proud that GSK, a global healthcare company, has awarded LiveWell Colorado and six partners its first IMPACT grant of $500,000 to improve healthy eating and physical activity opportunities for youth in Globeville Elyria-Swansea and Northeast Denver. Today, more than 100 local leaders and neighborhood residents met at Swansea Recreation Center in Denver
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Editor's note: This is a guest blog by Kaiser Permanente Colorado. Did you know that your health habits can influence your child’s eating habits and even increase their risk of obesity? For example, if you skip breakfast you may be teaching your child that same habit. Skipping breakfast has been linked to obesity and metabolic
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Last week, students from three Denver Public High Schools competed in our fourth annual EatWell@School Cooking Competition at the Culinary Labs at Johnson & Wales University. We can’t wait to tell you who won! The competition was part of a unique nine-week after-school program that teaches students basic culinary skills and nutritional education to prepare
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More evidence is piling up in favor of serving healthier food, especially breakfast, to help Colorado students excel in school. The latest? A breakfast after the bell program in Jeffco Public Schools. School now begins in the cafeteria for Pennington Elementary in Wheat Ridge, Colo., among other Jeffco Schools. The Universal Breakfast Program serves breakfast, including milk, fresh
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September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month and this critical issue has been the focus of several recent studies and media coverage. In particular, there was a national study recently released that touts great strides in many states' childhood obesity rates, while Colorado stood out as one of few showing an increase. How could this
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During the Colorado Get Movin' Challenge, Coloradans embarked on a 30-day challenge to prove that Colorado is the biggest mover by getting active 30 minutes a day. On Aug. 1, we kicked off the challenge with Gov. John Hickenlooper to "make Colorado the healthiest state in the nation." So how did our state do? More
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From the Eastern Plains to the Western Slope, many Coloradans in our state lack access to fresh, healthy, affordable food. These individuals may live in areas where there is a plethora of fast-food restaurants and convenience stores with menus and shelves void of fruits and vegetables. And, the closest grocery store is too far away
As the technical assistance coordinator for LiveWell Colorado's 24 communities, I travel around the state to visit each of them every year. For the community visits in our rural communities, that means staying in a motel for at least one night. While I have always enjoyed these visits, traveling can always be somewhat of a challenge
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