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  "id": 1894450,
  "title": "BMI Alone Questioned for Predicting Mortality Risk in Seniors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/bmi-alone-questioned-for-predicting-mortality-risk-in-seniors",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T07:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MedPage Today",
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    "url": "https://www.medpagetoday.com/primarycare/obesity/122659"
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  "summary": "(MedPage Today) -- Central adiposity was linked to a higher mortality risk in older adults, independently of body mass index (BMI), according to longitudinal data from a survey study of Medicare beneficiaries. Over more than a decade of follow...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}