award winner (multiple): "getting to the root of america's obesity epidemic"
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First place (twice): A look at University of Washington epidemiologist Adam Drewnowski's ground breaking research linking obesity to poverty, work which has placed Seattle at the forefront of the field. — "It is quite possible to be poor and obese. This is not a contradiction in terms, stated Dr. Adam Drewnowski" —The article earned two first place awards. One in the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association 2009 Better newspaper Contest: Best Health or Medical Story. The other in the Society of Professional Journalist’s 2009 Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Competition for Health Reporting in non-daily newspapers.TRANSCRIPT
