Youth Use of Weight Loss Drugs
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•Why more doctors are treating children and adolescents with weight loss drugs
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Physicians are increasingly using weight loss drugs to treat obesity, diabetes and other chronic conditions in young patients.
In the last three years , the number of people between the ages of 12 and 25 using drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic has surged nearly 600 percent .
Ali Rogin speaks with Dr. Melanie Cree , a pediatric endocrinologist at Children's Hospital Colorado .
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