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Denver-based Weigh and Win awards grants for health kiosks to eight nonprofits

Denver-based free community health and wellness program, Weigh and Win, awarded grants to eight Colorado nonprofits to deploy weigh-in kiosks and promote healthy living throughout their communities.

January 20, 2015

Denver-based free community health and wellness program, Weigh and Win, awarded grants to eight Colorado nonprofits to deploy weigh-in kiosks and promote healthy living throughout their communities.

The kiosk program is offered free of charge to residents 18 and older and provides fitness plans, a weekly grocery list, and access to health coaches, meal plans, cash incentives for those with a BMI greater than 25 and other prizes for participation, the company announcement said. The kiosk measures weight and BMI, tracking progress with quarterly weigh-ins. It takes a full-length photograph to mark the visual progress of a participant's weight improvement. Progress is tracked with quarterly weigh-ins at community kiosks.

"Weigh and Win has been striving to become a fully integrated community resource since our launch in 2011,” said Lia Schoepke, Weigh and Win program manager, in a company announcement. "The grant funding has allowed us to partner with communities and their existing initiatives to create a successful and sustainable program."

Weigh and Win is primarily funded by Kaiser Permanente.