LiveWell Colorado April 2012 eLetter

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April 2012

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Message from LiveWell Colorado's President & CEO

Weigh in on The Weight of the Nation

Last week, LiveWell Colorado had the privilege of partnering with Kaiser Permanente, the Colorado Health Foundation, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in hosting the Denver premier of HBO’s documentary, The Weight of the Nation, a new four-part video documentary series examining the forces propelling obesity in our country. The documentary series airs exclusively on HBO starting in early May, and we were especially excited to be the first city in America to premier one of the films at this event...

	LiveWell Colorado Updates
	Supporting Healthy Eating and Active Living in Suburban and Urban Colorado
	Bent County Streamlines Community Garden for Efficiency
	The Weight of The Nation
	Sunday Table
	Hot Topics in Obesity

Participate in Our Upcoming Webinar: Students Who Garden, Greenhouse, Eat their Garden Produce and Compost It Too!

Are you interested in joining the ever-blossoming school garden movement and want to know more about how others have established their gardens? Or, do you already have school gardens and want to know more about how to “take it to the next level” by integrating student-grown food into your meal program...

Read LiveWell Colorado’s New Suburban and Urban HEAL Guide

LiveWell Colorado is excited to announce the release of our Guide to Integrating Healthy Eating and Active Living into Colorado’s Suburban and Urban Communities...

Join Our Upcoming Twitter Chat: Eating Healthy on a Budget

Eating healthy isn’t about spending your whole paycheck or having to buy expensive, exotic food. Smarter choices made throughout the day and at the supermarket can help a family eat better without busting the budget. LiveWell Colorado presents the Twitter Chat “Eating Healthy on a Budget” on May 17, hosted by Anne-Marie Nichols from This Mama Cooks and featuring experts from...

Follow LiveWell Colorado on Twitter

LiveWell Colorado has joined the Twitterverse! If you haven’t already done so, follow us on Twitter (@livewellco) to stay up-to-date on our activities and learn about the latest obesity-related news...

Supporting Healthy Eating and Active Living in Suburban and Urban Colorado

Access to healthy food and opportunities for physical activity are crucial to maintaining a healthy lifestyle; however, this can often prove to be challenging in many parts of Colorado, including our suburban and urban communities.

According to LiveWell Colorado’s recently released Guide to Integrating Healthy Eating and Active Living into Colorado’s Suburban and Urban Communities, Colorado metropolitan areas largely are defined by design, transportation and land use decisions that have engineered physical activity out of our lives and can make healthy food access a challenge...

Bent County Streamlines Community Garden for Efficiency

Bent County’s community garden is getting a makeover. The plan is simple – in an effort to increase efficiency and the overall amount of food produced, crop rows will be planted closer together.

The community garden was established in 2008 to be used by the Las Animas Future Farmers of America (FFA). According to Tammy Westerman Pryor, LiveWell Bent County coordinator, the goal was to provide an opportunity to learn about farming for kids who lived in town.

“There were several kids in FFA who didn’t live on farms,” Westerman Pryor said...