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It’s time for the long weekend! Everyone loves to get out and enjoy some fun, grilled food, fireworks, and more. We are here to make sure you don’t forget about your fitness! On July 4th, the fitness center will have special hours and classes, listed below: Fitness Center Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Zumba with Jenna…
Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy Chicago Tribune A couple of pounds here, a few more there. Weight gain for Matt Baretich, a biomedical engineer in Loveland, Colo., was insidious but steady. By his early 60s, he weighed 300 pounds. “As I approached that number, I was aghast and began to stagger back from the brink,” says Baretich,…
Cheryl Stritzel McCarthy Chicago Tribune We know how to lose weight: reduce calories and increase movement. Yet we don’t do it. Or if we do, we gain it back. What’s missing is your answer to why you want to lose, says Dr. Holly Wyatt, associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz Health…
We have all heard that high blood pressure is “bad,” but few of us really know why. High blood pressure is often referred to as the “silent killer” because it has no symptoms. But just because it has no symptoms does not mean that it cannot pose significant health risks. High blood pressure, if left…
Starting this month, food manufacturers have two years to comply with new FDA rules to give nutrition labels a much-needed makeover. Now serving size and calories will have to be in bigger, bolder text and food companies will have to add a new line for “added sugars”, just to name a few. It comes as…
Our Registered Dietitian Lauren Ott stopped by the 9News studios to talk about good fat! “Let me just start by saying this: fat does not make you fat! No one macronutrient (carbohydrates, protein, fat) is going to make you fat. It’s over-consuming of any of these macronutrients that leads to weight gain. The 90s set…
Did you run the Bolder Boulder yesterday? Think your time could have been better? Try these tips from Anschutz Health and Wellness Center staff. Registered Dietitian Lauren Ott, Exercise Physiologist Shanon Squires, and trainer Chad Singleton offer information that can help you improve your race times and your overall fitness. See the whole story at…
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