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Supercharged by Social Media, the GLP-1 Boom Is Warping Teen Psyches - Bloomberg.com

Published by Bloomberg By Alexandra S. Levine, Madison Muller · 10 August 2026 at 12:00
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Supercharged by Social Media, the GLP-1 Boom Is Warping Teen Psyches - Bloomberg.com
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The rapid rise of weight-loss drugs is affecting the way Gen Alpha and the youngest Gen Zers think about health and body image, setting some of them up for a lifetime of struggles.

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