Specialist in Denver says popular weight loss meds impact eating disorder treatments

March 6, 2025
CBS News

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The medical director of an eating disorder clinic at Denver Health says popular medications that are being used as weight loss drugs are impacting patients who are being treated for a variety of eating disorders.

"It's really becoming a big problem," said Dr. Patricia Westmoreland, who oversees the ACUTE Center for Eating Disorders & Severe Malnutrition.

The clinic helps patients with medical complications from severe eating disorders.

"If your favorite celebrity is taking these medications, maybe you should be taking it, too, is kind of what they think," said Westmoreland.

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