Effective obesity treatments reach few eligible teens, study finds

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A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found that most teenagers eligible for obesity treatment receive neither anti-obesity medication nor weight-loss surgery. The findings were published in JAMA Pediatrics amid growing evidence supporting these treatments for adolescents.

Despite the arrival of powerful new anti-obesity medications and growing evidence supporting weight-loss surgery for adolescents, the vast majority of eligible teens are receiving neither treatment, according to a new study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago published in JAMA Pediatrics.