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Phillip Reese

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Educator and reporter with a specialty in data journalism. Pulitzer finalist. Winner of the Polk Award and Bingham Prize. Full-time professor at Sacramento State. Part-time data specialist at The Sacramento Bee. Freelance for Kaiser Health News.

The rate of older Californians dying of malnutrition has accelerated

Phillip Reese

Californians 85 and older are especially susceptible to malnutrition. They accounted for almost three in five malnutrition deaths in the state last year.