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Overweight children should be screened for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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Diabetes, strokes, and heart attacks are usually what one may think of what diseases obese people have. However, "a screening test for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), is recommended for all obese children aged nine to eleven years," according to the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition.

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