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  "id": 19640968,
  "title": "BMI alone misses obesity diagnoses, international study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/bmi-alone-misses-obesity-diagnoses-international-study-finds",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-12T10:58:15.000Z",
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    "name": "Euronews",
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    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/12/bmi-alone-misses-obesity-diagnoses-international-study-finds"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A study of more than 844,000 people across four countries found that relying on body mass index (BMI) alone can both overestimate and underestimate obesity, potentially exposing patients to inappropriate treatment.",
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      {
        "outlet": "STAT News",
        "title": "STAT+: BMI alternative would flip obesity diagnosis for millions, study finds",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/stat-bmi-alternative-would-flip-obesity-diagnosis-for-millions-study",
        "published": "2026-11-11T16:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Health",
        "title": "BMI alternative for identifying obesity ‘could prevent misdiagnosis in millions’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/bmi-alternative-for-identifying-obesity-could-prevent-misdiagnosis-in",
        "published": "2026-11-11T16:00:53.000Z"
      }
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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."
}