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  "path": "/2026/03/18/obesity-infectious-disease-mortality-risk/",
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  "textContent": "STORY AT-A-GLANCE Roughly 1 in 10 infectious disease deaths globally are attributable to obesity, a figure that rose to 15% during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic In a recent study, participants who belonged to the group with the highest body mass index (BMI) had a 3.54 times increased risk of dying from infectious disease […]",
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