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Proponents of coverage argued treating obesity can reduce longer-term costs by cutting down on heart attacks and other health complications.

GLP-1s like Ozempic, as well as weight-loss surgery, are among the recommendations to treat childhood obesity in the first guideline update in Canada in almost 20 years.

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