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Wegovy fuels sharp rise in use of weight-loss drugs for US youth

Posted on AllSides February 15th, 2024
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REUTERS/Carlos Barria

A small but rapidly growing number of U.S. adolescents began treatment with Novo Nordisk's <NOVOb.CO> weight-loss drug Wegovy last year, a powerful new tool to address record rates of pediatric obesity, according to data shared exclusively with Reuters.

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https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-families-begin-embrace-weight-loss-drugs-their-children-2024-02-15/

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