Keeping Colorado lean

As the leanest state in the nation, Colorado might seem an unlikely spot for an international hub of obesity research. Jim Hill sees it differently.

“We are in a great position to conduct research on what keeps us the leanest state and how we can stay that way,” said Hill, Ph.D., director of the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center. “We have a broad, deep, and comprehensive research group here that can address this issue in a way most places can’t.”

With more than 120 interdisciplinary researchers receiving roughly…