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Fighting childhood obesity: Researchers study semaglutide with adolescents

Kentucky has one of the highest childhood obesity rates in the country, and the health consequences carry forward throughout life.

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Researchers are conducting a study of the weight‑loss drug semaglutide in adolescent participants as a potential approach to combat childhood obesity, with the work centered in Kentucky, a state that has among the nation’s highest rates of obesity in children.

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