Weight-Loss Options for US Youth Are Hard to Come By By Robin Respaut and Chad Terhune (Reuters) - For many U.S. parents seeking help for a child with obesity, the most widely-endorsed treatment ...

For many U.S. parents seeking help for a child with obesity, the most widely-endorsed treatment is out of reach - and it's not the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy.

Feb 15 (Reuters) - 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 ...

In each year assessed, far more adults than youth got weight-loss surgery — the annual rate of metabolic and bariatric surgeries in adults ranged from roughly 160,000 to just over 200,000, while ...

Weight-loss options for US youth are hard to come by. Robin Respaut and Chad Terhune. June 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM. Copied; By Robin Respaut and Chad Terhune ...

Item 1 of 4 Billy Small III, who is under treatment with Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy, looks on at his home in Oakland, California, U.S., February 5, 2024.

"Many of us believe it would make sense to offer behavioral counseling along with the drug," said Dr. Thomas Robinson, a professor of pediatrics and director of the Center for Healthy Weight at ...

Both Novo and Eli Lilly are testing their weight-loss drugs in children as young as 6. Lilly’s drug, tirzepatide, is only approved for adults in the US under the brand name Mounjaro for type 2 ...

Weight-loss options for US youth are hard to come by Leading medical groups recommend intensive behavioral counseling - 26 hours within one year - to teach children and their families practical ...

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

(Reuters) - For many U.S. parents seeking help for a child with obesity, the most widely-endorsed treatment is out of reach - and it's not the popular weight-loss drug Wegovy. Leading medical ...