Amy Anderson Mellies
Author
Series
Health watch volume no. 99
Publisher
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Office of eHealth and Data
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are traumatic or stressful experiences, such as abuse, which occur during childhood or adolescence. Existing research shows that these negative early life experiences have long-lasting effects on an individual's well-being. However, the burden of these experiences among Colorado adults was previously unknown. Results from the initial recruitment phase showed that ACEs are common, with nearly two-thirds of participants...
Author
Series
Health watch volume no. 98
Publisher
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Office of eHealth and Data
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Colorado, like the rest of the United States (U.S.), has experienced an upward trend in the adult prevalence of obesity since the early 2000s. According to recent data, an estimated one in five adult Coloradans are obese and more than half (57.4%) are overweight or obese. Similar to other chronic diseases, there are differences in the prevalence of obesity by race, ethnicity, income, education level, age, sex and other demographic and socioeconomic...
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