{"id":38756,"date":"2011-01-03T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=38756"},"modified":"2011-01-02T21:47:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T02:47:21","slug":"colorado-reigns-as-thinnest-state-in-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/colorado-reigns-as-thinnest-state-in-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Reigns as Thinnest State in the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"colorado\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/colorado-reigns-as-thinnest-state-in-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-38970\" title=\"colorado\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/colorado.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Colorado repeats as the slimmest state, despite a slight increase in obesity of 0.2 percent over three years. In connection with a previous ranking, Governor Bill Ritter of Colorado told CalorieLab, \u201cWe\u2019re not spared from the national obesity epidemic, and we must remain vigilant in order to guard against it. We\u2019re doing all we can to encourage Coloradans \u2014 especially our kids \u2014 to take advantage of the natural resources our state offers in order to stay fit, healthy and happy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut was the second skinniest state, with the <a title=\"best gyms in DC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/best-gyms-in-washington-d-c\/\" target=\"_self\">District of Columbia<\/a> third, with its three-year average obesity rate actually falling by 0.8 percent from last year. Alaska and Oregon were the only other states whose three-year average obesity rates fell.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"best gyms denver\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/09\/best-gyms-in-denver\/\" target=\"_self\">Best Gyms in Denver<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"best places to run denver\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/08\/best-places-to-run-in-denver\/\" target=\"_self\">Best Places to Run in Denver<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"running high altitude\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/how-altitude-can-affect-training\/\" target=\"_self\">How Altitude Can Effect Training<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado repeats as the slimmest state, despite a slight increase in obesity of 0.2 percent over three years. In connection with a previous ranking, Governor Bill Ritter of Colorado told CalorieLab, \u201cWe\u2019re not spared from the national obesity epidemic, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/colorado-reigns-as-thinnest-state-in-the-u-s\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687,3695],"tags":[4204,2142],"class_list":["post-38756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-colorado","tag-denver"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38756"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39079,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38756\/revisions\/39079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}