Is this child abuse? Criminal child abuse? Scroll down for my thought.
Per the story, many of today’s obese teens may need a new liver by their 30s or 40s. The American Liver Foundation estimates from 2-5 percent of American children over age 5, nearly all of them obese or overweight, have the condition called nonalcoholic fatty liver disease that lies behind this.
How bad is it? In St. Louis, Dr. Jose Derdoy, head of liver transplants at Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center in St. Louis, said he’s treated a 15-year-old, 530-pound boy and many others with the condition.
Yes, genes have some influence on our weight, but …
DO NOT TELL ME a 15-year-old hits 530 pounds because of genes.
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