The analysis divides Coloradans into five age groups, prenatal to old age. Overall, the report said adolescents, adults and the elderly are doing pretty well; they earned Bs and B pluses. However, the score for Colorado’s children, was a D plus. According to Anne Warhover, president and CEO of the Colorado Health Foundation, “[W]e’re not growing our own healthy children. Our child obesity rate remains in the middle of the pack. That’s where the foundation is really going to emphasize more and more of our work in trying to prevent childhood obesity. It leads to so much cost in our system.”
Read more about the report card in Katie Kerwin McCrimmon's post in the Colorado blog, Health Policy Solutions.
