Very obese wait longer for transplant
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071220/ap_on_he_me/diet_obese_transplants"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20071215/i/r1246082934.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=mxVakzdDIzlKjzQiF4SeQA--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="Overweight women walk across the street near Times Square in New York August 28 2007. Obesity decreases the chances that a woman will get pregnant, and the more obese she is, the worse her prospects of conception, Dutch researchers said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson" border="0" /></a>AP - Very obese people who need a kidney transplant are far less likely to get one than normal weight people, and when they do, their wait is an average of a year to 18 months longer, a new study found.</p><br clear="all"/>

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