Obese teenagers should be offered an anti-obesity jab to help them lose weight, experts have said.
Academics said 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). Teens living with obesity were offered the semaglutide drug for more than a year in a new clinical trial.
The study, published at the European Congress on Obesity in Dublin and the journal Obesity, found that 45% of teens using the appetite suppressant drug were no longer classed as obese 68 weeks after starting treatment. This is compared to 12% in a group who were taking "dummy" drugs - also known as placebos.
