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PBS news weekend. Why more doctors are treating children and adolescents with weight loss drugs / [produced by WNET].
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weight loss preparations--Colorado.
- Weight loss preparations.
- Obesity in children--Colorado--Prevention.
- Obesity in children.
- Obesity in adolescence--Colorado--Prevention.
- Obesity in adolescence.
- Obesity in children--Psychological aspects.
- Obesity in adolescence--Psychological aspects.
- Genre:
- Television news programs.
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (7 minutes)
- Other Title:
- PBS newshour. Why more doctors are treating children and adolescents with weight loss drugs
- Why more doctors are treating children and adolescents with weight loss drugs
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : NewsHour Productions, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Physicians are increasingly using weight loss drugs to treat obesity, diabetes and other chronic conditions in young patients. In the last three years, the number of people between the ages of 12 and 25 using drugs like Wegovy and Ozempic has surged nearly 600 percent. Ali Rogin speaks with Dr. Melanie Cree, a pediatric endocrinologist at Children's Hospital Colorado, to learn more.
- Participant:
- Correspondent: Ali Rogin ; interviewee: Melanie Cree.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed January 28, 2025).
- OCLC:
- 1499626263
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