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The World Health Organization on Monday issued its first guideline on the use of GLP-1 therapies for obesity, conditionally recommending them as part of long-term treatment for the condition, which ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever guideline on using GLP-1 medications to treat obesity. The disease now affects more than 1 billion people worldwide and is tied to 3.7 ...

The World Health Organization issued new guidelines Monday recommending the use of GLP-1 drugs for treating obesity. In the new guidelines, the United Nations health agency made two key ...

The World Health Organization conditionally recommends the use of GLP-1 drugs, including tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro and Zepbound, for obesity treatment. Peter Dazeley via Getty Images The World ...

When you think about global health challenges, obesity probably comes to mind as something that affects wealthy nations. But ...

Globally, more than 1 billion people currently live with obesity. The World Health Organization on Monday released new guidance on GLP-1 medications for adults with obesity, recommending their ...