{"id":104274,"date":"2025-05-15T19:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/104274\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T19:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:13:08","slug":"are-popular-weight-loss-drugs-like-ozempic-and-wegovy-safe-for-kids-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/104274\/","title":{"rendered":"Are popular weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy safe for kids? \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\">Popular drugs for weight loss are now being prescribed to kids as young as 12.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\">It\u2019s been nearly two years since the FDA approved their use in kids, but some are questioning if these drugs are safe for teens in the long run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\">What do doctors think? Tonight on Channel 11 News at 5:30 p.m., the risks and the benefits to kids. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\"><b>Download the <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>FREE WPXI News app<\/b><\/a><b> for breaking news alerts.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph\"><b>Follow Channel 11 News on <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/a><b> and <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Twitter<\/b><\/a><b>. | <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Watch WPXI NOW<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 hOiAJc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92025 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Popular drugs for weight loss are now being prescribed to kids as young as 12. It\u2019s been nearly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104275,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[48020,105,4326,370,16,15,48021,48019],"class_list":{"0":"post-104274","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-channel_11","9":"tag-health","10":"tag-medication","11":"tag-ozempic","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-wigovi","15":"tag-wunews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114513445737935817","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104274\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}