More children under 12 in US are being prescribed weight-loss drugs, study finds ↧ ↧ More children under 12 in US are being prescribed weight-loss drugs... Prescriptions for GLP-1 weight-loss drugs among children under 12 in the U.S. have risen more than 300-fold since 2019 as doctors seek new, effective ​treatments for younger patients with obesity, according to a study published on ‌Friday.