Key Points
Kids as young as 12 can take now Wegovy, an injectable weight-loss medication..
They say it's hard to talk to kids about weight-loss while trying to not enforce harmful stereotypes...
Kailey is just one of many parents walking a fine line: trying to instill body confidence and positivity in a child while putting them on weight-loss medication potentially for life.. scent obesity..
"You can be metabolically healthy at any weight and weight does not necessarily equal health," said Dr. Karla Lester, a Nebraska-based pediatrician and obesity-medicine specialist, who recently founded her own telehealth platform to offer metabolic treatment and coaching to adolescents...
Dr. Elizabeth Wassenaar, a regional medical director at the Eating Recovery Center, worries that the AAP's recommendation that children be medicated or undergo surgery for weight loss and the recent hype around weight-loss medications could increase harmful biases...
