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Evening Standard
Jane Kirby

Weight-loss jabs for children ‘are effective and help prevent mealtime battles’

Researchers say giving obese children weight loss jabs is effective and helps prevent battles around mealtimes (Kwanchai Chai-udom/Alamy/PA) -

Giving obese children weight-loss jabs is effective and helps prevent battles around mealtimes, researchers say.

Experts at the European Congress on Obesity in Malaga, Spain, presented findings showing the drugs helped severely obese youngsters shed pounds on top of the diet and lifestyle plan they were already following.

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