Liver disease plagues obese adolescents

Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 14:21 in Health & Medicine

(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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