{"id":66891,"date":"2016-09-03T00:46:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T06:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorado-adults-remain-leanest-in-the-nation\/"},"modified":"2016-09-03T06:46:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-03T06:46:11","slug":"colorado-adults-remain-leanest-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorado-adults-remain-leanest-in-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado adults remain leanest in the nation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=390d3ef5-83d8-499a-bd00-e51d53ebf081&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1311\" alt=\"In this May 29 photo, workout enthusiasts carry out their routine under the direction of Joe Hendricks at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Morrison, Colo.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">In this May 29 photo, workout enthusiasts carry out their routine under the direction of Joe Hendricks at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre near Morrison, Colo.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Associated Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Colorado remained the leanest state in the nation in 2015, with a 20.2 percent adult obesity rate, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u2019s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado\u2019s obesity rate increased dramatically from 2000 through 2010 but since then has leveled off. Nevertheless, one in five Colorado adults is obese, and obesity rates are higher for African-American (27.7 percent) and Hispanic (28.3 percent) Coloradans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur efforts seem to be contributing to a growing awareness across Colorado of the health costs of obesity and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle,\u201d said Joan Brucha, manager of the health department\u2019s Healthy Eating Active Living Unit. \u201cBut we can see there\u2019s clearly more work to be done to make Colorado the healthiest state in the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obesity is a complex problem, with many causes and consequences. Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer \u2013 some of the leading causes of preventable death.<\/p>\n<p>Colorado is the second-fastest growing state in the nation, according to new Census Bureau data, attracting people drawn to its outdoor opportunities, abundant sunshine and active lifestyle. Coloradans rank first in physical activity according to United Health Foundation\u2019s annual health rankings. But it has experienced the same growth in the prevalence of obesity as other states in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Hickenlooper\u2019s 2013 State of Health Report named statewide obesity prevention and reduction a priority, as he called for making Colorado the healthiest state in the nation. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and local public health agencies also have prioritized obesity reduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>local health agencies work to keep obesity rate low<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[120,4568,668],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-66891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-colorado","tag-obesity","tag-public-health"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66891"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=66891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}