More and more obese children are taking weight-loss medication: how desirable is that?

Over the past five years, the use of weight loss medication in children with severe obesity has increased fivefold. How desirable is it to give children medication that can lead to weight loss and can everyone afford it? Five questions for pediatrician-endocrinologist Erica van den Akker from Erasmus MC. “It is the first time in thirty years that I can only give a medicine if parents can afford it.”

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