February 02, 2004

Colorado getting fatter...

Sure, Colorado is the least obese state in the nation, but that doesn't mean it isn't getting fatter all the time:

And Colorado can no longer count on a cavalry of buff rock-climbers moving in to hold down the average. Population growth in the future, demographers say, will be increasingly driven by "natural increase" — the children of people already here, many of whom are more apt to reach for a soda than a snowboard, as national health studies show.
Posted by Carey at February 2, 2004 07:39 AM
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