New Anti-Obesity Drugs Could Stunt Kids' Brains

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The potential problems of a once-promising class of weight-loss drugs just keep growing.

In a study published today in Neuron, Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers found that a cannabinoid receptor antagonist -- in layman's terms, a munchies-blocker -- stunted the brains of juvenile mice.

Their findings raise the troubling possibility that such drugs could have similar effects on human children.

"We used animal models, but there's a good parallel to human physiology," said study co-author Cheng-Hang Liu.

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