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SUMMARY:The geography of obesity: A tale of two cities - Adam Drewnowski i
 s Professor of Epidemiology and the Director of the Center for Public Heal
 th Nutrition at the School of Public Health at University of Washington\, 
 Seattle\, USA
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CONTACT:Dr Simon Richard White
DESCRIPTION:Socioeconomic disparities in obesity rates are brought into sh
 arp relief by new geo-mapping techniques and novel methods of spatial anal
 ysis. These revealed that Seattle obesity rates vary fourfold\, depending 
 on neighborhood poverty or wealth. Comparisons between Seattle and Paris r
 eveal that property values\, supermarket choice\, and other SES measures a
 re closely linked to local obesity rates. Linked to food prices and diet c
 osts\, obesity is an economic issue.   
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, 1st Floor\, Institute of Public Health\, Uni
 versity Forvie Site\, Robinson Way\, Cambridge
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