Rise in weight-loss drugs prescribed to combat childhood obesity
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 05:07
in Health & Medicine
Thousands of children and adolescents are using anti-obesity drugs that in the UK are only licensed for use by adults. The number of young people receiving prescriptions for these drugs has increased 15-fold since 1999, but most stop using them before they could expect to see any benefit, according to a new study.