Dr. Marc Siegel: More Bad News About Our Kids' Health. Is Ozempic The Solution?

The disturbing news astir our young children’s wellness is coming astatine america accelerated and furious. First we find retired that location is an obesity epidemic among our youth, that much than 20% (perhaps more) are now obese, and I tin show you arsenic a practicing internist that today’s obese kid could beryllium tomorrow’s obese big pinch type 2 diabetes, bosom disease, precocious humor unit aliases stroke. And now we find retired that, according to the latest CDC data, a 3rd of each children ages 12 to 17 person pre-diabetes. 

Please note: this is not connected to nan benignant of diabetes (type 1) that is autoimmune aliases tied to genetics and nan astir communal shape diagnosed it childhood, but nan benignant (type 2) wherever you don’t make capable insulin to thrust nan glucose you person into nan cells and wherever insulin guidance builds up. And it doesn’t return existent type 2 glucosuria to do that. Pre-diabetes is good connected nan roadworthy to existent diabetes, though it tin often still beryllium reversed by manner changes. The inflammation and excess glucose associated pinch pre-diabetes tin besides harm kidneys, coronary arteries, retinas, and nerves, whether a kid goes connected to create afloat type 2 glucosuria aliases not.

Considering that betwixt 21 and 40% of obese patients person pre-diabetes, and considering that nan GLP1 agonist narcotics including Ozempic and Wegovy are highly effective astatine not conscionable glucose power but besides weight loss, and adding to that they look to person cardioprotective effects and are besides seemingly bully for nan brain, it is nary astonishment that location is simply a immense clamor for them each crossed America. So shouldn’t each of our children pinch a weight aliases sweetener problem beryllium connected them?

The reply is simply a resounding no. 

Not only are location concerns astir gastrointestinal broadside effects and intolerance, but optical broadside effects (headaches, macular degeneration, and moreover nonaccomplishment of imagination person been reported) request to beryllium further studied on pinch thyroid crab concerns. Currently, location is nary information connected semipermanent broadside effects and a kid who, erstwhile committed to them, could beryllium connected these narcotics for life. 

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It is easy to spot that nan benefits outweigh nan risks overmuch much for adults than for astir children.

Also, astatine a clip erstwhile location is an pandemic of social media and excess screen-time addiction, wherever our children’s diets are filled pinch ultra-processed high-sugar foods, erstwhile excessively galore children are not exercising, I consciousness it would beryllium a large correction to unreserved to these semaglutide narcotics arsenic a speedy hole to nan problem.

According to nan latest CDC data, a 3rd of each American children ages 12 to 17 person pre-diabetes.  (iStock)

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Don’t get maine wrong, I overmuch for illustration nan narcotics to nan semipermanent broadside effects of obesity, which see each nan diseases and much mentioned above. If I knew for judge that a kid was successful a group wherever they were destined for glucosuria aliases heart illness because of their weight and I could do thing astir it, of people I would, but astir of nan clip location are manner changes to beforehand first. Clearly, we person a agelong measurement to spell to amended our kids’ diets, but now is nan clip to start.

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For those children pinch persistent obesity and/or prediabetes, a nutritionist on pinch an endocrinologist should beryllium involved, but for most, it should beryllium a very runway earlier the Ozempic aliases Wegovy level is launched, astatine slightest for now.

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