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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Ella Pickover

Teenagers with obesity should be offered ‘transformative’ weight loss injection, say experts

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Teenagers should be offered a “transformative” anti-obesity treatment to help them lose weight, experts have said.

Academics said that the weight loss injection semaglutide could help adolescents with obesity to shed pounds after a new study found an average weight loss of 40 pounds (18 kilos).

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