Ozempic for kids? Canadian doctors encouraged to offer drugs to teens

But a new Canadian guideline, nearly five years in the making and the first Canadian update in nearly 20 years, recommends that, in addition to advice on diet, exercise and other lifestyle changes, doctors consider offering some of today’s wildly popular weight-loss drugs to children starting as young as 12, or bariatric surgery for teens 13 and up, without waiting to see whether less invasive  interventions alone prove wanting.