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Feb 2 • 06:29 UTC • 🇮🇸 Iceland • Visir

About 125 children on weight control medications and 500 with fatty liver

Approximately 350 children are receiving treatment for obesity at the Children's Hospital in Reykjavik, with around 120 to 130 on weight control medications, and it is estimated that about 500 children in Iceland have fatty liver disease.

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