Very obese wait longer for transplant (AP)

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 JacksonAP - 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.

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