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  "textContent": "Researchers from LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center and collaborating institutions have found that Americans with the highest levels of obesity are undergoing fewer surgical procedures overall. These procedures include common operations like knee or hip replacement, hernia surgery, and surgery of the breast, prostate and colon—operations that are frequently done for cancer.",
  "title": "Americans with severe obesity receive fewer surgeries despite rising need"
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