How urbanisation, genetics and lifestyle fuel the global rise in obesity – Firstpost

How urbanisation, genetics and lifestyle fuel the global rise in obesity – Firstpost

In the last few decades, obesity has evolved from a localised public health issue to an international epidemic.  According to World Health Organisation (WHO), 1 in 8 people worldwide living with obesity. Adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and adolescent obesity has quadrupled over the same period. In total, 2.5 billion adults were … Read more

Spinelli’s Market opening third deli on Aurora Anschutz campus

Spinelli’s Market opening third deli on Aurora Anschutz campus

Spinelli’s Market will soon be serving salads, Italian sandwiches and take-n-bake meals to staff, patients, students and neighbors at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus. The Italian market and deli is opening its third location this May in a standalone 3,800-square-foot building at 12955 E. Montview Ave. in Aurora next door to The Benson … Read more

Aurora community greenhouses plan aims to fill gaps in food system

Aurora community greenhouses plan aims to fill gaps in food system

For more than a decade, two city-owned greenhouses in Aurora largely have sat empty. A community group wants to put them to use, with plans to turn the greenhouses into spaces for urban agriculture. A partnership between the city and Food Justice NW Aurora soon could launch an operation that supplies food-producing plant starts and … Read more