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Mental health is quickly becoming a high priority for Colorado. Here’s a look at which regions have the greatest needs.
Gardens next to playgrounds, salad bars in lunch rooms, field trips to farms. Schools are revamping nutrition and health education with Farm to School programs that make healthy eating fun, interactive and tangible for kids.
Health care is local. While national, state and market trends impact health and health care delivery, local communities are where theory and policy meet practice and implementation.
The new Community Living Advisory Group report, now on the governor’s desk, is the culmination of more than 3,000 hours of work by 190-plus very committed stakeholders. There were many discussions at public meetings about how to redesign the state’s system of long-term services and supports (LTSS). Respect and dignity were at the top of the list.
World Heart Day was September 29. The World Heart Foundation started the observance in an effort to create heart-healthy environments and promote heart-healthy choices. It’s a good day to ask just how heart-healthy Colorado really is.
A new Colorado Health Institute report analyzes the role of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in our state using data from an annual survey, which is administered by the Colorado Health Institute in collaboration with the Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care (CASBHC).
Retail giant CVS – the country’s second-largest drugstore chain, behind Walgreens – pulled all tobacco products from its shelves on September 3.
For every category, Colorado’s Hispanic high schoolers outdrink their peers, with a higher percentage of Hispanic students drinking at least one of each type of SSB per day.
This is the first in a two-part Insight series on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Colorado ranks fifth among states for the number of marathons, even though it is 22nd when it comes to population