Yoni Freedhoff

Ottawa

Columnist at Medscape

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Em defesa dos medicamentos antiobesidade

1 week ago | portugues.medscape.com | Yoni Freedhoff

Você sabia que mais da metade da população adulta mundial terá obesidade até 2050? Que a qualidade de vida relacionada à saúde e os índices de utilidade em saúde são consideravelmente melhores após a cirurgia bariátrica em comparação ao tratamento clínico em pacientes com obesidade e diabetes do tipo 2? E que cinco anos de terapia cognitivo-comportamental on-line, voltada à manutenção de mudanças comportamentais, não foram eficazes na manutenção da perda de peso?
Weighing children in school: No good can come of it

1 week ago | mdedge.com | Yoni Freedhoff

The United Kingdom’s National Obesity Forum has apparently decided that returning to school this fall in the middle of a pandemic isn’t stressful enough for kids, and is recommending that its National Child Measurement Programme be expanded to have 4- to 5-year-old and 10- to 11-year-old children weighed when they return to the classroom – and then weighed again in the spring – in a bid to tackle COVID-19–related gains.
Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Not the ‘Dietary Boogeyman’

1 week ago | medscape.com | Yoni Freedhoff

I wish it astonished me that people are still publishing studies about non-nutritive sweeteners’ purported links to weight gain despite the lack of any such finding in formal trials or in the post-market surveillance of these additives’ longstanding and widespread use.
Don’t Bash the Usefulness of Obesity Medicines

2 weeks ago | medscape.com | Yoni Freedhoff

Did you know that over half the adults on earth will have obesity by 2050? Or that health-related quality of life and health utility after bariatric surgery was markedly better than after medical treatment for patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes? Or that 5 years of web-based cognitive behavior therapy to maintain behavior change didn’t help people to maintain their weight losses? These were the conclusions of three recently published articles. Sounds grim — except for one thing.
Obesity and Public Health - Dare We Have Hope?

2 months ago | onlinecjc.ca | Yoni Freedhoff

Get full text accessLog in, subscribe or purchase for full access. REFERENCES:1. Rosenson, R.S. ∙ Kent, S.T. ∙ Brown, T.M. ... Underutilization of high-intensity statin therapy after hospitalization for coronary heart diseaseJ Am Coll Cardiol. 2015; 65:270-2772. Nakamura, R. ∙ Mirelman, A.J. ∙ Cuadrado, C. ... Evaluating the 2014 sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Chile: An observational study in urban areasPLoS Med. 2018; 15, e1002596 Published 2018 Jul 33. Taillie, L.S. ∙ Bercholz, M. ∙ Popkin, B. ...
¿Podemos luchar contra la promoción de la comida chatarra en las redes sociales?

Jan 13, 2025 | espanol.medscape.com | Yoni Freedhoff

close ¿Está seguro que quiere cerrar su sesión? Tres verdades básicas sobre los alimentos ultraprocesados: la comida chatarra, disponible en casi todas partes, sabe muy bien. La publicidad funciona.
Mucho ruido y pocas nueces en el diagnóstico de la obesidad

Jan 9, 2025 | espanol.medscape.com | Yoni Freedhoff

Lo que debemos medir para el diagnóstico de obesidad ha sido durante mucho tiempo un acalorado debate porque el peso corporal por sí solo no nos dice lo suficiente: las básculas miden la atracción gravitatoria de la Tierra en un instante dado, no la presencia o ausencia de salud. Necesitamos algo mejor.
No, Diet and Exercise Are Not Better Than Drugs for Obesity

Dec 5, 2024 | mdedge.com | Yoni Freedhoff

They’re literally not better. Idealistically, sure, but literally not. And there’s really no debate. Meaning there’s never been a reproducible diet and exercise intervention that has led to anywhere near the average weight lost by those taking obesity medications. Furthermore, when it comes to the durability of weight lost, the gulf between outcomes with diet and exercise vs obesity medications is even more dramatic.
Can We Fight Social Media’s Promotion of Junk Food?

Dec 4, 2024 | mdedge.com | Yoni Freedhoff

Three basic truths about ultraprocessed foods: Junk food, available pretty much everywhere, tastes great. Advertising works. And most of us don’t crave green leafy salads when we’re hungry. Of those three truths, the one that tends to get more public health attention is advertising. More specifically, advertising junk food to kids.
Developing an evaluation framework for public health environmental surveillance: Protocol for an international, multidisciplinary e-Delphi study

Sep 3, 2024 | medrxiv.org | Carol Bennett |Emma Brown |Yoni Freedhoff |Sarah Funnell

The authors have declared no competing interest. YesI confirm all relevant ethical guidelines have been followed, and any necessary IRB and/or ethics committee approvals have been obtained. Not ApplicableThe details of the IRB/oversight body that provided approval or exemption for the research described are given below:This study has received ethical approval (20230428-01H) from the Ottawa Health Science Network Research Ethics Board (OHSN-REB).