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Exclusive | Meet the parents putting their kids on Ozempic — and the risks they could be taking by doing so

Nypost · · 1687 words · By Kyra Breslin
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Meet the parents putting their kids on Ozempic — and the risks they could be taking by doing so See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google By the time he turned ten, Jenna Ceriani’s son was too heavy to play football.

Common ground

The local league kicked the budding ballplayer out after he tipped the scales at 155 pounds — well above their 125-pound cap.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Appeal to Pity, False Equivalence: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 3 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 70% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
Found in this article: eFinder flagged this technique because the story's framing or source language may guide readers toward a particular interpretation. Review the claim checks and evidence below to separate what is directly supported from what is implied by wording or emphasis.
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Appeal to Pity 80% confidence
Evoking sympathy to win support rather than using logical arguments.
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False Equivalence 60% confidence
Treating two vastly different things as equal to create a misleading comparison.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound are now emerging as increasingly popular solutions for overweight children.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Wegovy and Zepbound are FDA-approved for weight loss management in people with obesity or overweight with comorbidities, and are discussed in the context of modern obesity medicine.
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web search NEUTRAL — Like Wegovy, Zepbound is FDA-approved as a weight loss management treatment for people with obesity, or those who are overweight with at least one related underlying condition, such as high blood pres…
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/drugs-weig…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mounjaro, Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound are among the most discussed medications in modern obesity and metabolic medicine. They are often grouped together as "GLP-1 drugs," but that description is inc…
https://www.onedaymd.com/2026/09/Mounjaro-vs-Ozempic-vs-Wego…
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web search NEUTRAL — What to Know About Zepbound, a Weight Loss Drug to Rival Wegovy.
https://www.verywellhealth.com/fda-approves-zepbound-for-wei…
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Claim 2: “a recent JAMA Pediatrics study of over 2 million adolescents with obesity found that fewer than 1% had received a prescription”
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While web search results confirm a JAMA Pediatrics study exists and discuss GLP-1 prescribing trends in children, the specific statistic 'fewer than 1% had received a prescription' is not explicitly stated in the provided evidence snippets, though the study is referenced.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Anti-obesity medication or weight loss medications are pharmacological agents that reduce excess body fat and cause weight loss. These medications alter one of the fundamental processes of weight regu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-obesity_medication
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, also known as GLP-1 agonists, GLP-1RAs, and informally as simply GLP-1s, are a class of medications that activate the GLP-1 receptor, causing reduced…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLP-1_receptor_agonist
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Truveta, Inc. is an American health data and analytics company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington and owned and governed by 30 U.S. health systems. Truveta was established in 2020 by Providence, Ad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truveta
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Claim 3: “Yale researchers estimate that nearly 17 million adolescents and young U.S. adults ages 12 to 25 meet current GLP-1 therapy criteria.”
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Web search results explicitly confirm the estimate of 17 million US youth (5.8 million adolescents and 11.1 million young adults) meeting GLP-1RA criteria based on sample data.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The S&P 500 (Standard and Poor's 500) is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of 500 companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States that are considered to have large market ca…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 12 or U.S. Highway 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Michigan, for almost 2,500 miles (4,000 km). The highway has mos…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_12
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geog…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state
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Claim 4: “studies have found meaningful improvements in cardiometabolic and renal health aside from weight”
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Multiple independent sources state that GLP-1 medications provide benefits beyond weight loss, specifically mentioning improvements in cardiometabolic, renal (kidney), and cardiovascular health.
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web search NEUTRAL — GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound are not just “weight loss drugs.” They’re part of a powerful shift in how we treat cardiometabolic disease—beyond the scale.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michelle-pearlman-m-d-44686a1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Obesity treatment should prioritize health outcomes beyond weight loss, including cardiometabolic, sleep, kidney and liver health. GLP-1–based therapies can improve comorbidities but require long-term…
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-health-obesity-treatm…
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web search NEUTRAL — GLP-1 receptor agonists have been around for nearly 15 years in the diabetes field. We now have studies in people living with obesity without diabetes with benefits on reducing major adverse cardiovas…
https://www.emjreviews.com/diabetes/article/diabetes-prevent…
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Claim 5: “Approximately 80% of these kids actually grow into obesity, not just obesity, but also all the comorbidities that exist around it”
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One source directly quotes the 80% figure regarding children with obesity growing into adults with obesity and comorbidities, and another source corroborates that children with obesity are five times more likely to have obesity in adulthood.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Approximately Infinite Universe is the third solo album by Yoko Ono, released in early 1973 on Apple Records. A double album, it represents a departure from the experimental avant garde rock of her fi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An approximation is anything that is intentionally similar but not exactly equal to something else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In computational learning theory, probably approximately correct (PAC) learning is a framework for mathematical analysis of machine learning. It was proposed in 1984 by Leslie Valiant. In this framewo…
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