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Heavy teens run risk of severe liver damage

by Newsfeed - September 26th, 2008.
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Heavy teens run risk of severe liver damage

Irving Shaffino, a 15-year-old who lives in Shallowater, Texas, developed liver disease and had a liver transplant in July 2007.In a new and disturbing twist on the obesity epidemic, some overweight teenagers have severe liver damage caused by too much body fat and have even needed liver transplants.

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