What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope
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Looking to jump-start your 2025 and make it your healthiest year yet? If so, join the celebration of A Healthier Weigh's 20th anniversary - a wellness program that has inspired healthier living across northeast Colorado for two decades. Sponsored by Colorado State University Extension, this fun and supportive program offers the tools and encouragement you need to build healthier habits that last a lifetime. Through educational lessons, webinars, wellness challenges and activity competitions...
The Colorado State University Extension Family and Consumer Science Department recently announced the successful completion of its 19th annual 'A Healthier Weigh' program. This 12-week initiative is dedicated to enhancing the health and wellness of individuals across seven rural counties on the Eastern Plains. By promoting active lifestyles, encouraging informed food choices and offering comprehensive, science-based education on health, exercise and nutrition, the program aims to build healthier...
My doctor recently told me I am on a path to developing diabetes. I have "prediabetes" and really need to focus on diet and exercise. But I love meat, potatoes, tortillas and a weekly donut. Can I keep the things I love while also focusing on my prediabetes? In the United States, 38 percent of people have prediabetes and this condition is more prevalent in rural areas such as Northeast Colorado than in urban regions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed a program in 2002...
Colorado State University Extension's Family and Consumer Science Department recently worked with Haxtun Elementary School's third and fourth grade students to encourage them to take a proactive approach to brain health. Recent neuroscience studies have shown that teaching children how the brain works and fostering a growth mindset can improve their motivation to learn, ability to process information and retain knowledge. Studies have also shown that engaging in art and music can promote...
Financial planning is one of the most important things someone can do to promote economic well-being. One avenue Colorado State University Extension takes is working with the fourth graders through the Piggy Bank Primer educational program from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Family and Consumer Science Extension agents across the nation promote Financial Literacy Awareness Month, which is Nationally recognized each year to raise public awareness of the importance of maintaining smart...
The 2023 A Healthier Weigh Challenge produced commendable results through winter storms for 31 people who completed the 12-week health, fitness and nutrition program. This marks the 17th year of the 12-week challenge. Stephanie Starkebaum, Colorado State University Extension agent, facilitated the program. Cash prizes were presented to winners in teams of four, pairs of two and individual divisions who met the program requirements in the following categories: Weight loss, Waist Circumference,...
Need a jump start to get your 2023 headed in a healthier direction? If so, the “A Healthier Weigh” program, sponsored by Colorado State University Golden Plains Area Extension, may be what you are looking for. This program has been revamped from past years allowing for a fun, supportive environment with online educational lessons, step competition, online discussion group, wellness challenges, face to face learning session and an activity competition across multiple counties. The focus of this health and fitness program is to increase act...
When you step on the scale and see you have lost three pounds, what did you really lose? Fat? Muscle? Water? Health is determined by more than the number on the scale or Body Mass Index measurements that don't take muscle into consideration. Therefore, Colorado State University Extension is relying on another piece of equipment: The InBody Machine. The Inbody is a sophisticated machine that uses a method called bioelectrical impedance analysis. BIA method sends a small alternating current...
Kick-off your Halloween weekend with a fun Trick or Trot one mile or 5k walk or run event scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. Wear your costume, bring your friends and have a spooktacular good time! Little Sprouts Learning Center will be selling walking tacos with dessert and water out of the baseball field concession stand from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Waivers for the event can be picked up at the Haxtun Town Hall or Phillips County Extension Office. This fundraiser is set to help two very...
Interested in feeling better today and staying healthy for the future? In current times, once people reach age 65, they can expect to live another 19 years with approximately 66 percent of that time in good health. In addition, they can expect the greatest amount of free time in history, so it’s wise to be thinking about means to engage in ongoing and positive ways to make the most of longevity. Join the Aging Mastery Program — an opportunity to become informed, encouraged and empowered to make and maintain small, effective changes to live a h...
Colorado State University Extension for the Golden Plains Area (Phillips, Yuma, Washington, Kit Carson, Morgan and Logan counites) is pleased to announce that we will be offering a bi-weekly health and wellness package to residents 55 and over. The program is called the Aging Mastery Program®. It was developed by the National Council on Aging and has been successful at helping older adults build their own playbooks for aging well. This is a wonderful opportunity for older adults to participate in, and reap the benefits of, this cutting-edge...
As the years go by, our diets can go by the wayside. For adults 50-plus, eating and drinking become more about keeping our systems running optimally by finding the right balance of adequate nutrients and calories to stay healthy. Proper nutrition throughout your lifespan is key in preventing — or diminishing the dangers — of age-related risks. Chronic diseases can be significantly reduced, and overall quality of life can be improved through adequate and timely nutrition intervention. Although calorie needs may decrease with age, the bod...
Haxtun’s 2035 Master Plan states, “Haxtun is a great place to grow up, go to school, raise a family and make a home. It is a multi-generational root, strong sense of civic pride and an ethic of volunteerism. It is committed to its youth. Haxtun directs its future and drives its own destiny and the agricultural heritage continues to be an important influence.” The words, “Haxtun directs it’s future and drives its own destiny” hits home to the members of the Haxtun Swimming Pool Renovation Committee. The current committee took over in 2021 and...
Haxtun Health, Colorado State University Extension Agent Stephanie Starkebaum and Personal Trainer Lane Anderson have combined forces to bring the Haxtun community an eight-week, 5K training program for anyone who wants to walk, run or do a combination of both at the annual J. Jeffryes 5K, run and walk event. The J. Jeffryes 5K is set to take place on the morning of Corn Festival, Saturday, Sept. 24. This program is aimed to help beginners as well as those that are looking to find a fitness support group, be held accountable and build confidenc...
Trisha Herman, Phillips County Economic Development Director was able to bring Great Outdoor Colorado Roadshow out to Holyoke High School on Thursday, July 7. PC regional GOCO representative, Sammie George, was on hand to help make towns aware and learn about GOCO funding opportunities, how to submit competitive proposals and to ask questions and get feedback on local projects. It is also a great opportunity to think about how GOCO programs could help with implementing some of the strategies...
The 2022 "A Healthier Weigh" challenge produced commendable results for 17 people who completed the 12-week nutrition and fitness program. This group included teams, pairs and individuals from Phillips County. There were two four-person teams, three two-person teams and six individuals who completed the challenge. This program was run simultaneously in six northeast Colorado counties and Bent County in southeast Colorado. Collectively, Phillips County participants logged 6,120 miles of steps, averaging 360 miles per person completing the step...
