Obesity not only impacts our personal quality of life, but also our well-being as a state. Colorado spends more than $800 million annually on obesity-related medical costs and that number is sure to rise at the same pace as the numbers on our scales.

Here's the scoop: About 1 in 5 Coloradans are obese. In Mississippi its 1 in 3. Now think how much we are spending on medical care.

As Michael Pollan stated: The American diet is a catastrophe. We don’t have a health care crisis. We have a food crisis. 75% of our health care costs are spent on chronic disease linked to the diet…and that is bankrupting us. 

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