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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its first guideline on the use of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) therapies for treating obesity as a chronic, relapsing disease, to address the growing global health challenge of obesity that affects more than one billion people. In 2024, obesity was associated with 3.7 million deaths worldwide and without decisive action, the number of people with obesity is projected to double by 2030. In September 2025, WHO added GLP-1 ther