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GLP-1 use among young children with obesity in US remains rare but is rising rapidly

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    GLP-1 use among young children with obesity in US remains rare but is rising rapidly

    Although the number of U.S. children under age 12 with obesity who are prescribed the weight-loss drugs Saxenda, Wegovy and Zepbound remains low, it was 310 times higher in June 2026 than in 2019, whe
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