AP IMPACT: Liver disease plagues obese adolescents
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080907/ap_on_he_me/med_fat_children_liver_disease"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080907/capt.bac63a478c3f4ae18d39f317a02c5b57.fat_children_liver_disease_txzl501.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=NtGLTippL84NyOthKIRX9A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Irving Shaffino, 15, poses with his mother Guadalupe Shaffino in Shallowater, Texas, July 16, 2008. Irving developed liver disease and had a liver transplant in July of 2007. (AP Photo/Zach Long)" border="0" /></a>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.</p><br clear="all"/>

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