Hundreds of children given weight-loss injections on the NHS | ITV News

Almost 400 children in England have been prescribed weight loss injections on the NHS – the youngest just nine years old, ITV News has found.

Specialist NHS clinics are able to give GLP-1 medications to under-18s if they are living with severe obesity, have serious health complications as a result of their weight, and all other interventions have failed.

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