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Shawn DeMartino
Shawn DeMartino, who used to be pudgy, slimmed down after he started cooking his own meals. (Jennifer Longley for The Boston Globe) Jennifer Longley for The Boston Globe

Local teen hopes smart food choices bring TV stardom

By Jonathan Levitt
Globe Correspondent / September 12, 2007

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YARMOUTHPORT - Shawn DeMartino is in the family kitchen making fish tacos for lunch. He's taking grilled tilapia (the market was out of mahi mahi), and tucking it inside soft corn tortillas with avocado salsa and shredded cabbage. They're neatly made, and both sweet and spicy. At 15, Shawn is skinny and shy, Zac Efron dreamy in Birkenstock clogs with ... (Full article: 1115 words)

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