WHO Decision Recognizing Obesity as a Disease Treatable with GLP-1 Drugs Is Big Deal, says BU Endocrinologist New guidelines will help reduce stigma around weight management, Ivania Rizo says WHO Decision Recognizing Obesity as a Disease Treatable with GLP-1 Drugs Is Big Deal, says BU Endocrinologist New guidelines will help reduce stigma around weight management, Ivania Rizo says The World Health Organizations new guidelines recognizing obesity as a disease and suggesting that GLP-1 drugs be part of long-term treatment could have wide-ranging benefits, says Ivania Rizo, a Boston University endocrinologist whose research interests center on obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disorders
However, self-administration at home is an option for the right candidates under medical supervision
Address the translational bioethics research issues that will result from approval of pediatric formulations of the GLP-1RA medications in particular, and in general, that have evolved from the medicalization of health conditions like pediatric obesity
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