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Healthy Mediterranean-like diet partly modifies the link between obesity and cardiovascular death, reports a new study. The findings of the study are published in the journal iPLOS Medicine/i.
Nearly 4.0 million deaths around the globe are due to higher body mass (BMI) in 2015, and over two-thirds of those deaths were due to cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Studies have recommended that other factors, including healthy dietary patterns, might alter the higher risk of CVD linked to higher BMI....