WHO to back use of weight-loss drugs for adults globally, raises cost issue
The World Health Organization plans to officially back the use of weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults for the first time, a memo reviewed by Reuters on Thursday showed, marking a shift in its approach to treating the global health problem.
The UN agency also called for strategies to improve access to the treatment in low- and middle-income countries.
More than a billion people now have obesity worldwide, according to the WHO, and around 70% of them live in low and middle-income countries, the World Bank estimates.
