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GLP-1 weight-loss drugs may raise nutrition concerns for children
Original: GLP-1s may raise nutrition concerns for kids
New reporting warns that GLP-1 medications, increasingly used to treat childhood obesity, may raise nutritional concerns for children. Because the drugs suppress appetite, young patients could fall short on essential nutrients during critical growth years. Commentators are urging pediatricians and parents to monitor children's diets carefully if they are prescribed these medications.
Why now: Rising prescriptions of GLP-1 drugs for children have prompted fresh debate about their effects on growth and nutrition.
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- GLP-1s may raise nutrition concerns for kids · ConsumerAffairs
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