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Ethics of Lifestyle Counsel Alone in a GLP-1 Era

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.3327

September 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint explores how ethical principles may guide pediatricians’ approach to lifestyle counseling and pediatric obesity care in the era of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists.

Corresponding Author: Kathryn M. Stephenson, MD, MA, Department of Subspecialty Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Kaiser Oakland Medical Center, Mosswood Building, 3505 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611 (kathryn.stephenson@kp.org).

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