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Obesity increases risk of injury on the job

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Injury Research and Policy report that having a body mass index in the overweight or obese range increases the risk of traumatic workplace injury. The results were published by the American Journal of Epidemiology.

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