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  "id": 12608652,
  "title": "GLP-1 Drugs? Surgery? WHO Issues Guidelines for Obesity in Children",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/glp-1-drugs-surgery-who-issues-guidelines-for-obesity-in-children",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-07T10:45:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Health Policy Watch",
    "slug": "health-policy-watch",
    "url": "https://healthpolicy-watch.news/glp-1-drugs-surgery-who-issues-guidelines-for-obesity-in-children/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever guidelines to address how clinicians should manage obesity in children and adolescents, which include conditional recommendations for obesity medications and even surgery for children over the age of 10. Since 1990, the number of children ages 5-9 years and adolescents 10-19 years living with obesity has quadrupled, […]",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Health",
        "title": "New global guidelines warn against obesity drugs for children under 10",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/new-global-guidelines-warn-against-obesity-drugs-for-children-under-10",
        "published": "2026-10-07T08:07:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Nairametrics",
        "title": "WHO rules out weight-loss drugs for children below 10 in first obesity guidelines",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/who-rules-out-weight-loss-drugs-for-children-below-10-in-first",
        "published": "2026-10-07T10:47:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "WHO issues first guidelines on childhood obesity: No weight loss drugs for children under 10",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/who-issues-first-guidelines-on-childhood-obesity-no-weight-loss-drugs",
        "published": "2026-10-07T11:34:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}