LONDON— A new class of weight loss drugs developed by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly "opens the possibility of an end to the obesity pandemic" alongside other interventions, the World Health Organization (WHO) said this week.

But the global health agency said it has concerns that unless health systems prepare properly, the drugs could distort the response to the global obesity crisis, risking leaving people behind and overshadowing other steps to improve health.

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