Weight Loss Drugs and Children: From Children’s Health Defense
The age of autism is so much more than the diagnosis. The age of autism ushered in an age where children, from the womb to adulthood, have been cast to the pharmaceutical industry. Parents always want what’s best for their children. And we trust(ed) the men and women in the white coats. I watch “Mom” lists on social media and see the change in parenting. Moms still want good things for their kids. Perhaps more than ever. They want kids who excel and yet, at the same time, feel less stress, less competition, less discomfort. I’ve heard it called “lawnmower” parenting. Rather than hover like a helicopter, last generation’s parenting, they clear the path in front of their kids to make life easier. They’ve been carefully taught that childhood “success” often comes from a bottle of pills to change what was once considered normal behavior, or a vaccine vial to prevent an illness that was once cured by bed rest and calamine lotion. Life is frenetic, and one can hardly blame overwhelmed, anxious parents (themselves the Prozac generation) for wanting a quick solution, especially when promised by their pediatrician, whom they trust(ed.)
Meanwhile, a healthy childhood has been all but lost as chronic illness, which should worry parents, is now as accepted as hair color (but not gender, let’s not get started down that path though. And yes, there’s a drug for that.) So is it any wonder that as the new miracle weight loss drugs get more and more attention, soon children will be taking them? Children’s Health Defense ran a frightening post about the possible effects of pediatric weight loss drug use. There are no studies showing long term affects, and it’s damn the torpedoes, full steam ahead.
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Weight Loss Drugs for Kids: A ‘Minefield of Health and Emotional Problems,’ Researchers Warn
A group of researchers at the University of California, Irvine, said young people’s exposure to weight loss drugs on social media, combined with teens’ proclivities toward risk-taking and the coming availability of the drugs in oral form will “create a perfect storm” for potential abuse.
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The use of popular weight loss drugs to treat childhood obesity may have serious unintended negative consequences for children, according to a group of researchers at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), UCI News reported.
In an article, which will be published in the Journal of Clinical and Translational Science, the researchers outlined the likely dangers of more widespread use among children of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) — the drug class that includes blockbuster drugs Wegovy and Ozempic, among others.
The researchers warned against the unknown effects of prescribing the drugs to children, given the “dearth of research” on these drugs in children and adolescents and the likelihood that the drugs would be prescribed for long-term use.
The article includes a call to action for better research on the drugs’ effects on the pediatric population and oversight to mitigate threats to pediatric health.
High-profile research touting the success of the injectable drugs for treating childhood diabetes and promoting weight loss, along with the likelihood that the drugs will soon be available in oral form, makes it “inevitable” that more children and adolescents will be taking them, according to the UCI researchers.
Doctors will be more likely to prescribe the drugs, particularly among populations with high obesity and low fitness levels, and more children and teens may find ways to access and abuse the drugs on their own. READ MORE:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/weight-loss-drugs-kids-health-emotional-problems/
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