November 29, 2002

Commentary: Set healthy goals to maintain health and wellness

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As a registered nurse, health and wellness bring to mind having a focus on prevention: preventing disease and illness in our children, our elders and ourselves.

Exercise is one of the greatest ways to promote health and wellness and the prevention of disease. As the health educator for the Healthy People Project in Estes Park and the director of Options for Healthy Living, a community-based wellness program for all ages, my nursing career focuses on helping people set healthy goals and achieve them.

Many of the serious health issues Americans face today are preventable. The occurrence of obesity has…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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