New global guidelines warn against obesity drugs for children under 10
Care should focus on healthy eating and exercise, not medicines such as weight-loss injections, says the World Health Organization
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"For children under 10, WHO does not recommend obesity medicines, bariatric surgery or weight-management devices. This is a strong recommendation."
— Luz De Rigil , Academic
"We are particularly concerned in this age group, if you are starting children very early on to using a GLP-1 or drugs like this, when does that stop?"
— Laurence Grummer-Strawn , Academic
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Care should focus on healthy eating and exercise, not medicines such as weight-loss injections, says the World Health Organization
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