AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Sun, 09/07/2008 - 10:09

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat, and a handful have needed liver transplants....

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