Podcast appearances and mentions of Yoni Freedhoff

Eli Lilly has plastered a 'fat tax' on the Canadian market for their weight loss drug. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins the program with his reaction. Then, Dr. Dworkin opens the phone lines and reads your texts.

Dr. Barry Dworkin is joined alongside Dr. Yoni Freedhoff to answer questions on all-things obesity. Then. he opens the phone lines and takes your calls.

Yipeng Ge is an Ottawa physician. He is also a supporter of terrorism, having praised Hamas multiple times on social media, and following the terrorist pogrom in Amsterdam, posted an approving image to his followers. He may be the most infamous, but he's far from the only person in Canadian medicine to glorify Hamas and to demonize Israel. How deep is this rot, how did it happen, and what will it take for the news media and the relevant medical bodies to take notice? To help us understand the depth of the problem and what can be done about it, we are joined by Dr. Yoni Freedhoff. He is an associate professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa, and founder and medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute, a weight management clinic. He is also an outspoken advocate for Israel and against Jew-hate. Welcome to The Honest Report podcast.

Dr Yoni Freedhoff is an associate professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa. In 2004, he became the founder and medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute which provides non-surgical weight management. He is one of Canada's most outspoken obesity experts, and what follows is an insightful conversation about obesity. A conversation which, if I hold my hand up, certainly gave me a greater appreciation of its complexitities. My stance on obesity hitherto, had erred on the side of the need for greater education and application of personal responsibility. We hear about the current state of the obesity epidemic, whether there is a role that eductation can play in changing behaviour at population level. We learn the doctors thoughts on the failure of governments when it comes to the obesity crisis. We hear that obesity shouldn't be a blame game, that genetics play a large role and in some cases obesity drugs are essential, and we learn about the role exercise can play in peoples lives plus we discuss the misleading marketing of milk and its supposed benefits. https://www.bmimedical.ca/people/dr-yoni-freedhoff https://www.amazon.co.uk/Diet-Fix-Diets-Fail-Yours/dp/0804137579

On today's episode of The Mindful Balance, we go into the intricate puzzle of sustainable weight loss. The pitfalls of extreme diets and the beauty of long-lasting change.The science-backed reasons behind why popular diet trends, like keto and intermittent fasting, aren't always the magic fix.Grab a recommended read, 'The Diet Fix' by Yoni Freedhoff, to understand more about the failures of dieting here: https://a.co/d/hkt4ORgThe blueprint for sustainable weight loss, beginning with the foundational edges of balanced meals, then layering in the importance of protein, especially post age 40.Cardio and the transformative power of resistance training.The importance of growth mindset and the reason persistence is the real key to transformation.Reflect on the power of habits, both good and bad, and how they shape our daily actions and long-term results.As a challenge, integrate just one aspect of our weight loss puzzle into your life this week, and observe its impact.Thanks for listening! Want more? Follow me on Instagram @rachelemmanutrition for more daily tips on everything emotional eating, nutrition, and mindset.Breakthrough Session - Get all the details and schedule yours.Want to take the next step towards food freedom? Get a free copy of the Emotional Eating Toolkit to learn how your emotions lead to overeating and how you can stop it right away.Email me at rachel@rachelemmanutrition.com if you have any questions about this episode or to say Hi!

Here's the episode you voted as our best wellness episode: Exercise! Lots of people hit the gym to shed unwanted pounds, but they don't always see results on the scale. We tackle the power of exercise and why you should bother. We speak with obesity expert Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, psychiatrist Dr. Gary Cooney, neuroscientist Prof. Wendy Suzuki and urologist Dr. Stacey Kenfield. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/SVFavWellnessEp This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman, with help from Meryl Horn, Rose Rimler and Lexi Krupp. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey. We're edited by Caitlin Kenney and Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Diane Kelly. Mix and sound design of this episode was by Bobby Lord. Mix and sound design of our original episode was by Peter Leonard. Music by Peter Leonard, Emma Munger and Bobby Lord. Recording assistance from Joel Cox, Andrea Rangecroft, Natalie Jones, and Mark Totti.  A huge thanks to all the scientists we got in touch with for this episode, including Professor Virginia Berridge, Professor James Blumenthal, Professor Kirk Erickson,  Dr Tara Walker, Dr Shannon Halloway, Professor Steven Petruzzello, Dr Kristine Beaulieu, Dr Aric Sudicky and many others! A special thanks to the Emmanuel Dzotsi, the Zukerman family, and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Science Vs is a Spotify Studios Original. Listen for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us and tap the bell for episode notifications.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins the show this week. He is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa and the medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute.

This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing!In part 1 we talked about a request that has been submitted for the World Health Organization (WHO) to add diet drugs to their list of “essential medicines.” We discussed who was making this request and the justification that they were using. Today we're going to take a deeper dive into the research that they used to try to support this request, and in part three will look at the research around harm and “efficacy,” as well as “cost effectiveness.” (I was originally going to write this in two parts, but I realized that it was just ridiculously long, and there is time before the WHO meets about this, so I've decided to break it into three parts.)Just a reminder that I don't hyperlink to studies or articles that come from a place of weight stigma, though I do provide enough information that someone could google them.In their ”Summary statement of the proposal for inclusion” they say“The use of GLP-1 RAs in the treatment of ob*sity has been well studied and meta-analyses of various GLP-1 RAs have demonstrated that this class of medications can lead to clinically significant weight loss. Compared to control groups, GLP-1 RAs were found to lead to more significant weight loss with a mean difference of approximately 7.1 kg as well as an improvement in glycemic control, with low concern for hypoglycemia[3].”The single paper they cite to back this up (Iqbal et al. Effect of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists on body weight in adults with ob*sity without diabetes mellitus-a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials, 2022) looked at weight loss on these drugs among “ob*se” adults without type 2 diabetes (so hypoglycemia would have been unlikely anyway.) It included 12 trials with a total of 11,459 participants. 80% of the participants were white, 10% were Black or African Americans and 5% were Asians. It is concerning that they are making a global recommendation based on a study population that is overwhelmingly white. There is also the issue of follow-up. Some of the trials were as short as 14 weeks and the longest trial included was only 3 years. The average weight loss was 15.6 lbs more in the group taking the drugs than in control, but some subjects on the drugs lost as little as 5.5 lbs. Those on the drugs also experienced vomiting, nausea, dyspepsia (indigestion,) diarrhea, constipation and abdominal pain as common side effects. There is no way to know how much of this (short-term) weight loss is due to experiencing these common side effects. These drugs also have significant (possibly life-threatening) side effects and the short-term follow-up included here is not likely long enough to capture those. Also, remember that the recommendation is for people to take these drugs for the rest of their lives (since, if they don't, their weight shoots right back up and they lose cardiometabolic benefits,) and they are making that recommendation (globally) on just 14 weeks to 3 years of data.The authors of this study cite no conflicts of interest. Per LinkedIn, someone with the same name as the lead author is a product specialist at Novo Nordisk but I imagine that must be a coincidence or surely it would have been listed as a COI. The article was published in “Ob*sity Reviews” which is an official journal of the “World Ob*sity Federation” (WOF). The WOF took over $5.3 Million dollars from Novo Nordisk (whose weight loss drugs are covered by this recommendation) over three years. Their “members” include the Ob*sity Action Coalition (whose chief funder is Novo Nordisk.) Their current President has taken money to speak on behalf of Novo Nordisk and their past president is John Wilding who was implicated in the recent Novo Nordisk scandal for not disclosing his financial ties to Novo Nordisk while praising their weight loss drugs in the media.There are more issues with this meta-analysis but I'll just stop there and say that I don't think there is any way that 14 weeks to 3 years of data on 11,459 people who are mostly white justifies a global recommendation of these drugs as “essential.”Under “Treatment details (requirements for diagnosis, treatment and monitoring)”Here again they say “Ob*sity, a preventable disease” but offer no citation or support for this narrative that has been largely architected and marketed by the weight loss industry. They continue:“When used in supplement to life style modifications, including a decrease in caloric intake and an increase in exercise, liraglutide is indicated for adults with ob*sity (BMI >30.00) or overweight (BMI >27.00) with a weight-related comorbidity”I just want to note here that this indication (which wasn't created by those who wrote the recommendation to the WHO) predicates risk on body size and simple correlation. These drugs have very unpleasant common side effects and other, possibly life-threatening, side effects. So the fact that those who are “overw*ight” have to have at least one condition that is correlated with being higher weight (with no proof of causation, by the way) but those who are “ob*se” are recommended to risk these side effects based on size alone, with no required symptomology, is pure weight stigma.Next is a table “Excerpts from national and international guidelines on the pharmacological treatment of ob*sity”It is a list of organizations with quotes pulled from various publications that are intended to show support for the drugs. Almost every one of the organizations has financial ties to Novo Nordisk and/or Eli Lilly which doesn't prove that there is anything shady going on, but would be worth disclosing given their use to back up the request that these companies' drugs be considered “essential.” Let's take a deeper look:The American College of Cardiology (ACC)The recommendation that is cited is for the use of these drugs for Type 2 diabetes (T2D), and they mention weight loss as an ancillary effect. This will be a pattern in these recommendations and it matters because the risk/benefit analysis is different for people who have an actual health condition (Type 2 diabetes) rather than those who are simply living in a higher-weight body. Also, one might be misled by the title of the section to believe that these recommendations are specifically for the use of the drugs in the treatment of “ob*sity” which is not the case.The ACC has a partnership with Novo NordiskThey have also partnered with Eli LillySouth Asian Task ForceAgain, this is a recommendation for these medications for the treatment of T2D, not for weight loss.The paper's lead author, Sanjay Kalra has received honoraria for lectures and advisory boards from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.International Diabetes FederationThis, again, is a recommendation of these drugs for the treatment of T2D.Novo Nordisk is a “platinum partner” and Eli Lilly is a “gold partner” (the website isn't clear about how much money they donate, and an email I sent has gone unanswered so far.)National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)This one actually is a recommendation for these drugs for weight loss, however, NICE was implicated in the recent scandal which found that “Novo Nordisk had paid millions to prominent ob*sity “charities,” NHS trusts, universities and other bodies as well healthcare professionals who publicly praised the drug (typically without disclosure of their funding) and who advised NICE (The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) on their reviewing of Novo's weight loss drug to decide whether or not it should be made available.”Position statement from the Brazilian Diabetes Society (SBD), the Brazilian Cardiology Society (SBC) and the Brazilian Endocrinology and Metabolism Society (SBEM)This is a statement of recommendations for prevention of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes.Here is a selection of the authors “competing interests” (I've only included Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, the two main companies trying to sell this class of drugs for weight loss.) ROM has received speaker honorarium from: Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.CMV has received honoraria as speaker from Novo Nordisk.SV over the last 5 years, has received honoraria for clinical research from Novo Nordisk; Advisory Board to Novo Nordisk; has received honoraria as speaker from Novo NordiskFT has received honoraria for medical lectures from: Lilly, Novo NordiskRDS over the last 3 years has received honoraria for consulting, research and speaker activities from Eli LillyThe Brazilian Diabetes Society (SBD) has collaborated with Novo NordiskThe Brazilian Cardiology Society (SBC) holds an annual congress that is sponsored by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly. The Brazilian Endocrinology and Metabolism Society (SBEM) has partnered with Novo Nordisk on multiple occasions.Korean Society for the Study of Ob*sity Guidelines for the Management of Ob*sity in KoreaThis is not a study but guidelines put out by an organization that appears to represent those with a profit interest in “ob*sity treatment” (similar to the Ob*sity Action Coalition.) Their “recommendation” includes every drug that is approved for long-term use, fails to cite any evidence of efficacy (short or long-term) and they mention that “Not all ob*se people respond to ob*sity drugs, and there are a significant number of non-responders.”Novo Nordisk is a platinum sponsor for their conference. They are also a member of the World Ob*sity Federation which took over $5M from Novo Nordisk.European Medical Association[sic]Here they are citing a press release stating that the European Medicines Association (EMA) (the recommendation authors appear to have been mistaken on the name) has “recommended granting a marketing authorisation for Saxenda (liraglutide) for weight management in overweight or ob*se adults.” Per the EMA's website they are “a scientific body with the expertise required to assess the benefits and risks of medicines. However, under EU law it has no authority to actually permit marketing in the different EU countries. The role of EMA is to make a recommendation to the European Commission which then takes a final legally binding decision on whether the medicine can be marketed in the EU.”I could not find information about the panel that made the decision, or any conflicts of interest they may have had.Australia: NPS Medicine WiseThe citation they offer here is not to Australia: NPS Medicine Wise, but to a paper by a single author - Joseph Proietto who “has been on the medical advisory boards for liraglutide, semaglutide 2.4 mg and bupropion/naltrexone. He has been involved in educational sessions for ob*sity management for both Novo Nordisk (liraglutide, semaglutide) and iNova (phentermine and bupropion/ naltrexone) for which he has received honoraria.” In other disclosures it mentions that he was, in fact, chair of the medical advisory board for Saxenda (Novo Nordisk's brand name for liraglutide, the drug being recommended here.)In the paper he recommends all of the above weight loss drugs in general, but does not recommend the GLP-1 class of drugs over any of the others. The study he uses to recommend these drugs only follows participants for 68 weeks.Singapore HPB-MOH Clinical Practice GuidelinesIn the section on liraglutide they offer information for 56 weeks of follow up and conclude “The long-term safety of high dose liraglutide therapy is, however, unclear.”Canadian Medical Association Journal- Ob*sity in adults: a clinical practice guidelineFunding for these guidelines was provided by Ob*sity Canada, an organization that lobbies for the priorities of those who profit from “ob*sity treatment.” Specifically, the funds came from “Ob*sity Canada's Fund for Ob*sity Collaboration and Unified Strategies (FOCUS) initiative” Novo Nordisk is a supporter of this fund, as well as a sponsor for their annual summit.Here are excerpts from the 1,293 word competing interests statement for the authors (I've only included Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, the two main companies trying to sell this class of drugs for weight loss.) Sean Wharton reports receiving honoraria and travel expenses and has participated in academic advisory boards for Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly. Sean Wharton is also the medical director of a medical clinic specializing in weight management and diabetes. David Lau reports receiving grants and research support from Novo Nordisk, speaker bureau fees from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk; and consulting fees from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk. Michael Vallis is a member of advisory boards for Novo Nordisk. Michael Vallis has also received consulting fees from Novo Nordisk and speaking fees from Novo Nordisk. Arya Sharma reports receiving speaker's bureau and consulting fees from Novo Nordisk. Laurent Biertho is a member of advisory boards for Novo Nordisk. Denise Campbell-Scherer reports receiving research funding from Novo Nordisk. She also reports receiving an unrestricted education grant from Ob*sity Canada, funded by Novo Nordisk Global. Jennifer Brown reports receiving nonfinancial support from Novo Nordisk, and personal fees Yoni Freedhoff is the co-owner of the Bariatric Medical Institute and Constant Health, which provide weight management services; Constant Health has received a grant from Novo Nordisk. Yoni Freedhoff also regularly speaks on topics related to ob*sity and receives honoraria and travel costs and expenses for same. Michel Gagner reports receiving consulting fees from Novo Nordisk. Marie-France Langlois reports receiving personal fees from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly. David Macklin reports receiving personal fees from Novo Nordisk. Priya Manjoo reports receiving personal fees from Novo Nordisk. Marie-Philippe Morin reports receiving speaker honoraria from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly and research subvention from Novo Nordisk, and consultation honoraria from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly. Sue Pedersen reports receiving personal fees from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly and grants from Eli Lilly, and nonfinancial support from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.Megha Poddar reports receiving honoraria for continuing medical education (CME) from Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, education grants from Novo Nordisk, fees for mentorship from Novo Nordisk; fees for membership of advisory boards from Novo Nordisk. Paul Poirier reports receiving fees for consulting and continuing medical education from Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk. Judy Shiau reports receiving personal fees from Novo Nordisk. Diana Sherifali reports receiving a grant from Ob*sity Canada to support the literature review process, during the conduct of the study. Shahebina Walji reports receiving consulting or advisory board fees from Novo Nordisk and speaker's bureau fees from Novo Nordisk.All of their recommendations around liraglutide are level 2a (Evidence from at least 1 controlled study without randomization) and Grade B ( Directly based on level 2 evidence or extrapolated recommendation from category 1 evidence) they suggest that these recommendations should use the terms “may” or “can” (as opposed to “should.”) The studies that they cite offer, at most, only 56 weeks of follow-up.Information supporting the public health relevanceIn this section they claim that “not only is the prevalence of ob*sity increasing, but the number of global deaths attributed to BMI has substantially increased from 1990 to 2017 (Figure 1) [23]. The global burden of disease of ob*sity study also found that though the age-standardized rate of high BMI related disability adjusted life years (DALY) increased by 12.7% for females and 26.8% for males, the actual global number of high BMI DALYs has doubled, despite sex”The study that they cite to support this (The global burden of disease attributable to high body mass index in 195 countries and territories, 1990-2017: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study, Dai et al., 2020) calculates these numbers based on the assumption that the health problems higher-weight people have are due to their weight (even though people of all sizes experience them). They also fail to control for the health impacts of weight stigma, weight cycling, or healthcare inequalities, despite the research that shows that they are confounding variables. The assumption that higher-weight people's health issues are caused by their weight coupled with the failure to account for (or even discuss) confounding variables suggests to me either near-complete incompetence of the study authors around basic research methods, or a desire for specific conclusions.The study is at least honest that they don't know if weight loss would change this, stating “Successful population-wide initiatives targeting high BMI may mitigate the burden of a wide range of diseases” [emphasis mine].Thus, this doesn't actually support the recommendation to the WHO. Without proof that these medications would reduce disease or increase life years long-term, there is no reason to consider them “essential,” and no such evidence exists.Next they claim that “Ob*sity also plays a role in health care related costs; for patients and families, total healthcare costs for patients with ob*sity were higher than that of patients who are overweight.”First of all, this begins to wade into the idea that higher-weight people should be eradicated because they are “too expensive,” which is heading down a bad road when it comes to ethics. Further, the study they use to support this is based on 97 Dutch people who filled out a survey. The study included costs such as “expenditures related to the respondent's weight, such as adapted clothing, gym subscription, diet books, parking permit, food, etc.” First of all, thin people also have gym subscriptions and parking permits, but, moreover, telling fat people that they should buy diet books and pay for various weight loss foods and methods (despite the near-total failure rate,) then blaming them for the cost of following those dubious recommendations (as well as the additional costs of living in a world where structural weight stigma creates a lack of accommodation in clothing etc.) as a justification for more expensive, more dangerous “interventions” is a long way from being ethical science and is a particularly craven marketing tactic. I'm just going to stop there, but to say that I've seen elementary school science fair projects with more rigorous methodology and I would be beyond embarrassed to cite this for any reason ever, other than as an example of the piss-poor state of weight science.They finish up the section with “Given the global burden of ob*sity and the goal of reducing preventable disease related deaths, it is evident that affordable and available pharmacotherapy for ob*sity is needed on a global level.”Let's rephrase this to reflect the evidence they provided: “Based on a survey taken by 97 people, a study that failed to control for any confounding variables and made wild assumptions about causality based on simple correlation, and their own research's acknowledgment that changing body size may not change health outcomes, it is evident that affordable and available pharmacotherapy for ob*sity is needed on a global level.”Which is to say, what they provided here does not come close to justifying their request.In part three we'll wrap this up with a look at the evidence they use to discuss harm, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness.Did you find this post helpful? 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Early in the pandemic, weight was named a risk factor for severe covid-19. But what if the greater risk is poor medical treatment for fat people? This week, On the Media dives into the fictions, feelings, and fraught history of fat. Including how sugar and the slave trade laid the groundwork for American beauty standards.  1. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff [@YoniFreedhoff], Associate Professor of Family Medicine at University of Ottawa, on what we do and don't know about the relation of weight and the severity of a Covid infection. Listen. 2. Katherine Flegal [@CeriseFlegal], epidemiologist and former senior scientist at the Centers For Disease Control, on our flawed understanding of the data around weight and death, and Katie Lebesco [@KatieLeBesco], researcher focusing on food, pop culture, and fat activism, on why the "obesity epidemic" is a moral panic hiding behind a thin veil of scientific language. Listen. 3. Sabrina Strings [@SaStrings], sociologist at the University of California, Irvine, on how European attitudes about fat dramatically changed in the 18th century. and set the standards Americans still see today. Listen. Music in this Week's Show:Slim Jenkins Place - Booker T and the MGsEye Surgery- Thomas NewmanString Quartet No. 5 (Phillip Glass) - Kronos QuartetDisfarmer - Bill FrisellLost, Night - Bill FrisellIn the Bath - Randy NewmanThe De Lessup's Dance - Gavin WrightBreakaway - Regina Carter

Early in the pandemic, weight was named a risk factor for severe covid-19. But what if the greater risk is poor medical treatment for fat people? This week, On the Media dives into the fictions, feelings, and fraught history of fat. Including how sugar and the slave trade laid the groundwork for American beauty standards.  1. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff [@YoniFreedhoff], Associate Professor of Family Medicine at University of Ottawa, on what we do and don't know about the relation of weight and the severity of a Covid infection. Listen. 2. Katherine Flegal [@CeriseFlegal], epidemiologist and former senior scientist at the Centers For Disease Control, on our flawed understanding of the data around weight and death, and Katie Lebesco [@KatieLeBesco], researcher focusing on food, pop culture, and fat activism, on why the "obesity epidemic" is a moral panic hiding behind a thin veil of scientific language. Listen. 3. Sabrina Strings [@SaStrings], sociologist at the University of California, Irvine, on how European attitudes about fat dramatically changed in the 18th century. and set the standards Americans still see today. Listen. Music in this Week's Show:Slim Jenkins Place - Booker T and the MGsEye Surgery- Thomas Newman String Quartet No. 5 (Phillip Glass) - Kronos QuartetDisfarmer - Bill FrisellLost, Night - Bill FrisellIn the Bath - Randy Newman The De Lessup's Dance - Gavin WrightBreakaway - Regina Carter

Join Dr. Danielle Belardo and her expert of the week, associate professor, author, and co-owner of the Bariatric Medical Institute, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff. Yoni is on a mission to destigmatize obesity and shed light on the life-changing pharmaceutical therapies available to patients. Yoni and Danielle address the impact weight stigma has on the quality of medical care for individuals with obesity and how we need to stop blaming patients for this complex, multi-factorial, neuro-hormonal condition. With these changes, the days of the diet guru will be dead and gone!    Danielle and Yoni discuss:    Solutions for healthcare providers to evaluate their own bias in order to improve the quality of care for patients   Advice for patients who have obesity to advocate for themselves while navigating this stigma in healthcare  The physical and mental health benefits of various treatments Why patients deserve individualized, personalized recommendations for weight management        Yoni Freedhoff, MD, is an associate professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa, and he is the founder and medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute. He is the author of the #1 national bestseller, The Diet Fix: Why Diets Fail and How to Make Yours Work. Dr. Freedhoff is a sought-after international speaker and has made appearances on The Today Show, feature-length documentaries, The New York Times, and more.  Thank you so much for taking the time to contribute to a generation that values fact over fiction! Be sure to rate, review, and follow on your favorite podcast app and let us know which not-so-wellness trend you'd like to hear debunked. Follow your host on Instagram @daniellebelardomd and the podcast @wellnessfactvsfiction. Follow Yoni @yonifreedhoff and check out his blog Weighty Matters.     Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you:    DIPSEA - go to dipseastories.com/drdanielle for a free 30 day trial.  COZY EARTH - Go to cozyearth.com and enter WELLNESS at checkout to SAVE thirty-five  Percent.  FITON - Text WELLNESS to 64-000 to join FitOn for free! 

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins Dr. Dworkin to discuss a recent weight loss study. Later, Dr. Dworkin takes your calls and answers your medical questions!

In this reposted episode, Stuart talks to Dr. Yoni Freedhoff who is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. They discuss why a compassionate approach to obesity is absolutely necessary, how to help your clients manage their weight, reducing scale weight importance, whether education changes behaviour, childhood nutrition and much, much more.       Find Out More About Yoni: Weighty Matters: http://www.weightymatters.ca/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/YoniFreedhoff?       Find Out More About LTB: Website: https://bit.ly/3eBa1z4  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liftthebar/

Doctor, professor, author, obesity expert, and health advocate, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff tells the story of how one less-than-healthy weekend in Montreal led to a career in medicine. From the advice he received from a very ill patient to his collection of bizarre weight loss gadgets from years gone by, get to know the man who you've seen quoted or interviewed in countless national news stories. Dr. Freedhoff talks about his passionate -- and sometimes combative -- interactions on social media, and offers 48 words that sum up the simple, straightforward way to live a healthy life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins the show to discuss "Semaglutide" - the first drug approved by the FDA for weight loss since 2014. Later on, Dr. Dworkin takes your calls and answers your medical questions!

This episode kicks off our series on Exercise for Health. In this series we will highlight several benefits that exercise has on general health as well as the current literature examining the potential mechanisms providing these benefits, if there is an optimal mode/intensity/timing of exercise, and much more! This episode starts by framing everyone's expectations of exercise, especially when it comes to eliciting weight loss.  What should the expected weight loss from an exercise regimen be? Is more exercise better? This discussion covers all of these concepts and more as we discuss a recent article that was published in the journal of Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise entitled, “ Exercise for Weight Loss: Further Evaluating Energy Compensation with Exercise”. Manuscript DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000002376 Obesity and Energetics Offerings Subscription (it's free!): https://obesityandenergetics.org/subscription Link to NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/09/well/move/to-lose-weight-with-exercise-aim-for-300-minutes-a-week.html Link to Opinion Piece in response to NYT article: https://conscienhealth.org/2020/12/exercise-for-weight-loss-the-lie-that-wont-die/ Link to Yoni Freedhoff's twitter thread discussing this paper and NYT article coverage: https://twitter.com/YoniFreedhoff/status/1337040020398600194 Time Stamps Introduction                                                                                              00:00:00 – 00:03:55 Catch Up (Alec's delusions about Cleveland Sports)                          00:03:55 – 00:16:52 Manuscript Background                                                                          00:16:52 – 00:27:24 Methods and MATH Models                                                                   00:27:24 – 00:49:45 Results                                                                                                      00:49:45 – 01:00:58 Caloric Intake Regulation in Response to Energy Expenditure           01:00:58 – 01:18:41 Wrap Up and Take Home Message                                                       01:18:41 – End   Supporting Article from Kansas Med and Texas Tech DOI: 10.1002/oby.23022

What do we get wrong about weight? Where did BMI even come from? And is there really an obesity "epidemic"? Today's guest is Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa and Medical Director of Ottawa's Bariatric Medical Institute who's known as Canada's most outspoken obesity expert. He's also the author of "The Diet Fix: Why Diets Fail and How to Make Yours Work."   Click here to see citations for this episode!   Follow Taboo Science on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts. Suggest a taboo topic via ashley@tabooscience.show. Visit tabooscience.show for more.   Taboo Science is written and produced by Ashley Hamer. Theme music by Danny Lopatka of DLC Music.  

Episode Description In this episode, Obesity medicine specialist and OMA clinical education director, Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM interviews Yoni Freedhoff, MD a keynote speaker from Obesity Medicine 2020 – Virtual, about successful practices he uses in his clinic … The post Episode 23: Clinical Conversations: Addressing Obesity Treatment Myths appeared first on Main.

Episode Description In this episode, Obesity medicine specialist and OMA clinical education director, Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM interviews Yoni Freedhoff, MD a keynote speaker from Obesity Medicine 2020 – Virtual, about successful practices he uses in his clinic to treat obesity. Topics covered include: Shortcomings in medical care for patients with obesity, implicit and explicit biases, common myths around dieting, focus on behavior rather than outcomes, cheat days, thoughtful indulgence of food, and patient support in an obesity practice. You can view Dr. Freedhoff’s presentation and access more information about Obesity Medicine podcasts and other resources from the clinical leader in Obesity Medicine at www.obesitymedicine.org/podcasts. Episode Guests Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM Yoni Freedhoff, MD Related Resources Dr. Freedhoff’s Presentation

Episode Description In this episode, Obesity medicine specialist and OMA clinical education director, Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM interviews Yoni Freedhoff, MD a keynote speaker from Obesity Medicine 2020 – Virtual, about successful practices he uses in his clinic to treat obesity. Topics covered include: Shortcomings in medical care for patients with obesity, implicit and explicit biases, common myths around dieting, focus on behavior rather than outcomes, cheat days, thoughtful indulgence of food, and patient support in an obesity practice. You can view Dr. Freedhoff’s presentation and access more information about Obesity Medicine podcasts and other resources from the clinical leader in Obesity Medicine at www.obesitymedicine.org/podcasts. Episode Guests Nicholas Pennings, DO, FOMA, Dipl. ABOM Yoni Freedhoff, MD Related Resources Dr. Freedhoff’s Presentation

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and since 2004, the medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute, an ethical, evidence-based, interprofessional weight management centre. We discuss why a compassionate approach to obesity is absolutely necessary, how to help our clients manage their weight, reducing scale weight importance, whether education changes behaviour, childhood nutrition and much, much more. I know you're going to enjoy this episode, just make sure you've got somewhere to take notes as there are a bunch of times you'll want to pause and write something down!      Timestamps: [01.55] - Why obesity isn't as simple as move more eat less. [05.00] - Why personal responsibility is always touted as the most important part of obesity. [07.30] - How we can improve the message we put out there about obesity. [09.35] - Does education help behaviour change? {12.26] - What country is leading the way in terms of weight management? [14.23] - Why environment is the main element of weight management. [16.14] - How knowing that environment is important for his patients informs his practice. [18.55] - How to teach our clients that exercise is not just something that burns calories and is used to lose weight. [20.32] - What we know for sure about weight management [23.50] - Does he think PTs should be working with their clients on behaviour change around nutrition? [25.59] - The two questions he asks his patients to consider when they want to eat junk food. [21.13] - How important is a clients why. [34.35] - What role the scales play in helping clients maintain weight loss. [37.55] - Helping clients remove the scales importance. [39.20] - Underreporting calorie intake. [44.55] - Helping kids develop healthy relationships with food.       Find Out More About Dr. Yoni: Weighty Matters Twitter       Find Out More About LTB: Website Instagram Facebook

Everyone knows that coffee can help you think and focus and can even improve your mood – especially that first cup in the morning. Years ago, coffee advertising contained the tagline… “Coffee, the THINK drink.” But it just may be that all the research showing how good coffee and caffeine are for mental function is flawed. If you are a coffee drinker, you are going to want to hear this. http://www.forbes.com/sites/travisbradberry/2012/08/21/caffeine-the-silent-killer-of-emotional-intelligence/Then, we look at all the math you use in everyday life. Mathematician, Jordan Ellenberg, author of the book How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking (http://amzn.to/2uyMDx6) reveals just how important math is and how it is constantly changing. He also discusses how not to be tricked by statistics and numbers that are designed to mislead you.People do better work when they get a reward. It applies to people at work or kids at home – and it comes as no surprise. What’s interesting is that it actually depends on the type of reward. It doesn’t have to be a big reward, it just has to be the right reward to get people to do their best work. I’ll explain. Source: Dr. John Hoover, author of the book “The Art Of Constructive Confrontation” (https://amzn.to/2UcskBf)Why don’t diets work? Diet books and programs are as popular as ever but we continue to get heavier. Yoni Freedhoff, M.D., author of the book The Diet Fix (http://amzn.to/2vMM55m) explains the reasons why your next diet is likely doomed to fail and what works better to get the weight off and keep it off.

Trying to lower your sugar intake? We're learning how this week with the help of two experts. First, Kathleen DesMaisons, addictive nutrition guru and author of Potatoes Not Prozac: Simple Solutions for Sugar Addiction, walks us through her practical and effective approach to gradually cutting sugar out of your diet. Then we speak with Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, author of The Diet Fix: Why Diets Fail and How to Make Yours Work, about why we should avoid diet fads and what habits we should focus on instead.Have an idea for a future episode? Call us at 347-687-8109 and leave a voicemail, or write to us at upgrade@lifehacker.com. We want to hear from you!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In today's episode, we'll explore about post-traumatic dieting disorder, the intersection between trauma and dieting with Irene Lyon  For 25 years, I was stuck in fear mode when it came to food. I was obsessed with controlling my eating has this was the only way that I could control my body weight. I was on high alert about food and the way my body appeared to others. Over time, I unconsciously disconnected myself from my body. In an attempt to self-protect, I numbed myself from feeling my emotions of shame, guilt, fear, and anxiety consistently triggered by diet culture. If you look up PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), you'll find many similarities between this diagnosis and my 25 years of chronic dieting career side effects. Some health experts are describing this similarity as PTDD (Post Traumatic Dieting Disorder). Post Traumatic Dieting Disorder (PTDD) Dr. Yoni Freedhoff was the first to coin the term PTDD in a 2014 article published in the Globe and Mail: “Dieting is predicated on suffering and humans aren't built to suffer in perpetuity. Why, despite knowing better, do we blame ourselves when the nonsense fails? Could it be a case of suffering from post-traumatic dieting disorder (PTDD)? Because, really, what are modern-day diets, if not traumas?” Recurrent restrictive eating may, indeed, feel traumatic and recovering from dieting—not just from emotional or binge-eating—may have lingering traumatic effects. The shame carried on by poor body image or weight stigmas (internalize or externalize) is felt in the depth of the nervous system and perceived as trauma to our body. A violation of our innate sense of worth. PTDD is not a formal diagnosis rather at this time a collection of symptoms. The part responsible for this collective of symptoms not being yet considered a condition is the fact that the medical establishment still believes in the due value of diets although research is clear that all diets have a 95% failure rate long term (5 years). In my opinion, we are 20 years away from fully understanding the ripple effect of chronic dieting in the human mind, body, and spirit. In today's episode Our guest for this expert interview is Irene Lyon, a trained nervous system expert. She teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. What you'll learn listening to this episode: What trauma is and what it's not. How we relate to food and body impacts our nervous system The impact of generational dieting The concept of Post Traumatic Dieting Disorder Traumatology: How to heal trauma Mentioned on the show: Healing Trauma free video series Going Beyond the Food Academy Registration Dr. Yoni Freedhoff's ARTICLE Connect with our guest Podcast Instagram Facebook

In today's episode, we'll explore about post-traumatic dieting disorder, the intersection between trauma and dieting with Irene Lyon  For 25 years, I was stuck in fear mode when it came to food. I was obsessed with controlling my eating has this was the only way that I could control my body weight. I was on high alert about food and the way my body appeared to others. Over time, I unconsciously disconnected myself from my body. In an attempt to self-protect, I numbed myself from feeling my emotions of shame, guilt, fear, and anxiety consistently triggered by diet culture. If you look up PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), you’ll find many similarities between this diagnosis and my 25 years of chronic dieting career side effects. Some health experts are describing this similarity as PTDD (Post Traumatic Dieting Disorder). Post Traumatic Dieting Disorder (PTDD) Dr. Yoni Freedhoff was the first to coin the term PTDD in a 2014 article published in the Globe and Mail: “Dieting is predicated on suffering and humans aren't built to suffer in perpetuity. Why, despite knowing better, do we blame ourselves when the nonsense fails? Could it be a case of suffering from post-traumatic dieting disorder (PTDD)? Because, really, what are modern-day diets, if not traumas?” Recurrent restrictive eating may, indeed, feel traumatic and recovering from dieting—not just from emotional or binge-eating—may have lingering traumatic effects. The shame carried on by poor body image or weight stigmas (internalize or externalize) is felt in the depth of the nervous system and perceived as trauma to our body. A violation of our innate sense of worth. PTDD is not a formal diagnosis rather at this time a collection of symptoms. The part responsible for this collective of symptoms not being yet considered a condition is the fact that the medical establishment still believes in the due value of diets although research is clear that all diets have a 95% failure rate long term (5 years). In my opinion, we are 20 years away from fully understanding the ripple effect of chronic dieting in the human mind, body, and spirit. In today’s episode Our guest for this expert interview is Irene Lyon, a trained nervous system expert. She teaches people around the world how to work with the nervous system to transform trauma, heal body and mind, and live full, creative lives. What you'll learn listening to this episode: What trauma is and what it’s not. How we relate to food and body impacts our nervous system The impact of generational dieting The concept of Post Traumatic Dieting Disorder Traumatology: How to heal trauma Mentioned on the show: Healing Trauma free video series Going Beyond the Food Academy Registration Dr. Yoni Freedhoff's ARTICLE Connect with our guest Podcast Instagram Facebook

Lots of people hit the gym to shed unwanted pounds, but they don’t always see results on the scale. This week, we tackle the power of exercise and why you should bother. We speak with obesity expert Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, psychiatrist Dr. Gary Cooney, neuroscientist Prof. Wendy Suzuki and urologist Dr. Stacey Kenfield. Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/2kqreUR UPDATE 10/31/19: An earlier version of this episode said that exercise isn’t a reliable treatment for depression. Some scientists reached out to us about clinical trials we missed. These newer trials found that exercise can help with depression. And we now think the research in this space is stronger than we made it sound. We’ve updated the episode. Selected references: The study which looked at the effect of exercising 5 days a week for a year on weight: http://bit.ly/2mitPR8Gary's Cochrane review on the benefits of exercise for depression: http://bit.ly/2kqrGCxThe study which found that exercise is linked to a lower risk of getting dementia: http://bit.ly/2mj9qeL Stacey's study on exercise and prostate cancer: http://bit.ly/2kuPwgu  Credits: This episode was produced by Wendy Zukerman, with help from Meryl Horn, Rose Rimler and Lexi Krupp. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey. We’re edited by Caitlin Kenney and Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Diane Kelly. Mix and sound design by Peter Leonard. Music by Peter Leonard, Emma Munger and Bobby Lord. Recording assistance from Joel Cox, Andrea Rangecroft, Natalie Jones, and Mark Totti. A huge thanks to all the scientists we got in touch with for this episode, including Professor Virginia Berridge, Professor James Blumenthal, Professor Kirk Erickson, Dr. Tara Walker, Dr. Shannon Halloway, Professor Steven Petruzzello, Dr. Kristine Beaulieu, Dr. Aric Sudicky and many others! A special thanks to the Emmanuel Dzotsi, Zukerman family, and Joseph Lavelle Wilson.

In this episode, Stuart and previous guest Alex Pearson have a conversation about the newly launched Weight Watchers (WW) app for kids and how to help clients who are overly focussed on the scales. They are going to aim to do a minimum of one of these Q&A type episodes per month so please feel free to send over any questions you have to stuart@liftthebar.com and they'll get to them next time!   Topics Covered: What role PTs can play in discussing something like the WW app The positives of the WW app The problems with it What parents can do to help their kids with nutrition The problem with moralising food into good/bad labels How to help a client who is using good/bad food labels How to help a client who is overly focussed on scale weight   Find Out More About LTB: Website Instagram Facebook Resources mentioned: Yoni Freedhoff, Ellyn Satter, Balance356 Podcast    

On the heels of my most recent episode with Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, I connected with Dr. Jose Greenspon, a Missouri-based pediatric surgeon who also follows Dr. Yoni's work. He has been collaborating on a program to help combat obesity in teens by creating a platform that encourages healthier eating, more activity and a positive support environment for adolescents (and their family members) to benefit from. Tune in to this week's bonus episode to hear about the great work that Dr. Greenspon and his team have been doing. To learn more about this program, please visit www.teen-lift.com To learn more about your host, check out www.jasonleenaarts.com and www.revfittherapy.com You can also like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/revolutionaryou Download, subscribe, share with your friends and please take a moment to leave us an iTunes review. 

If you look at some of the research and the studies behind people's ability to keep weight off in the long term, it seems pretty gloomy. The good news is that Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, a Canadian doctor and expert in weight loss and obesity management, believes there’s still good reason to be optimistic.

Dr. Barry Dworkin welcomes guest Yoni Freedhoff to the show.

He remains one of my most popular guests so I'm always honored to bring back Dr. Yoni Freedhoff to the show. His previous episodes were #37 and #136 respectively. On this week's episode, we dive into the sensitive subject of the diets our children are exposed to and the best ways to navigate the food they eat for their health. If you're a fellow parent, I can't recommend this episode enough. To learn more about Dr. Yoni's work, please check out his book "The Diet Fix" and his website www.weightymatters.ca To learn more about your host, check out www.jasonleenaarts.com and www.revfittherapy.com You can also like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/revolutionaryou Download, subscribe, share with your friends and please take a moment to leave us an iTunes review. 

Following our recent podcast with Dr. Traci Mann, Balance365 Life radio listeners had additional questions about the weight set point theory. In this quick solo episode, Jen Campbell attempts to answer these questions, providing additional clarification and hope for listeners as they explore the messy middle.     What you’ll hear in this episode: What is weight set point theory? Does everyone agree with weight set point theory? What is the difference between physiological and psychological pushback to weight loss Why habits of convenience are easier to integrate Questions to ask yourself to help determine if you are overweight Lifestyle setpoint - what it means to you Seasons of life and how they impact weight How stress can affect your weight What Dr. Sharma and Dr. Freedhoff have to say about determining if you are at a healthy weight   Resources: Secrets From The Eating Lab book 53: Secrets From The Eating Lab: Dr. Traci Mann Dr Sharma and Dr Freedhoff paper Learn more about Balance365 Life here Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play, or Android so you never miss a new episode! Visit us on Facebook| Follow us on Instagram| Check us out on Pinterest Join our free Facebook group with over 40k women just like you! Did you enjoy the podcast? Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Google Play! It helps us get in front of new listeners so we can keep making great content. Transcript Annie: Welcome to Balance365 Life radio, a podcast that delivers honest conversations about food, fitness, weight, and wellness. I'm your host Annie Brees along with Jennifer Campbell and Lauren Koski. We are personal trainers, nutritionists and founders of Balance365. Together we coach thousands of women each day and are on a mission to help them feel healthy, happy, and confident in their bodies, on their own terms. Join us here every week as we discuss hot topics pertaining to our physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing with amazing guests. Enjoy. Jen: Hey everyone. Welcome back to another episode of Balance365 Life radio. For those who don't know me, I'm Jennifer Campbell, one third of the founding members of Balance365. Today is going to be a quickie, but also a pretty big topic. Are you overweight? And I don't mean where do you fall on the BMI scale because that is not a measure of health. It's a measure of size. I mean, are you above a weight that is healthy for you? We did a podcast a few weeks ago with Dr Traci Mann, author of Secrets From The Eating Lab. In that episode we did a deep dive into weight set point theory. That's episode 53 if you want to go back and listen. Weight set point is a theory that says our bodies have a programmed and largely predetermined weight range where we function best. When we try to live outside of this, our body will fight to get back to that range. The feedback we got from that podcast in and outside of our community is that it was depressing. For many women they felt as if it meant the body weight they are at currently is what they are destined to be the rest of their life. So we want to clarify. It's important to note that while there's plenty of evidence for weight set points, there's also critics. One of the most vocal critics is Doctor Yoni Freedhoff, an obesity medicine doctor here in Canada. If you follow us on social media, you'll know we have been slightly stalkerish lately, publicly asking him to come on our podcast. He speaks often of the psychological aspects of weight loss and the resistance that people have to change and how that is actually what's keeping people at higher weights than what is healthy for them. As usual, I want to invite you to explore the messy middle of weight setpoint theory with me. The tricky part of this discussion is that I know people crave black and white answers, but we cannot provide them. Nobody can. You are not a mathematical equation. You are a complex human being with your own unique genetics environment, lived experience, stressors and set of habits. What's right for you may not be right for the next woman and that's okay. So do we have a physiological weight setpoint? Absolutely. Just ask any bodybuilder about their experience getting down to unhealthy levels of body fat for competitions. That's a temporary state they're in for a few hours and their bodies are fighting it. But do we also have a psychological pushback? Yes, we totally do. And just because you find yourself resisting a new behavior doesn't mean your body is at its healthiest weight. It means your brain is like, "Hey, this is hard. Let's not do this." Human beings are wired to conserve energy, which is why habits that make your life more convenient solidify so quickly. So let's get back to the main issue. Are you overweight? We want you to look beyond the charts and graphs and instead look inside yourself. Today I have a series of self reflection questions for you. Here they are. Number one, do you struggle with the all or nothing mentality and the all or nothing behaviors that follow? Number two, do you have chaotic eating habits? Number three, do you have binge eating episodes? Number four, do you graze on food? Number five, do you frequently eat out of habit rather than due to hunger? Number six, do you frequently eat until you are stuffed? Number seven is emotional eating something you find yourself struggling with? Number eight, do you have poor sleep habits? Number nine, do you eat out regularly or do processed slash refined foods make up a large part of your overall diet? Number 10, does life feel very stressful? That could be your job, your relationship, financial stress, trauma, et cetera, and number 11 are you mostly sedentary? If you found yourself nodding along to this list, then you might, fine print, might be at a weight that is higher than your natural healthy weight range and honestly, it wouldn't be uncommon to find someone who answered yes to every question. To what degree a person is overweight, I don't know. That probably depends on how long the behaviors have existed and to what frequency they show up day to day. For example, if you find yourself emotionally eating a bag of chips once in a while it probably has had no effect on your weight or your health, but if you find yourself emotionally eating high energy foods every single day, then yes, it probably has had an impact on your weight and your health. So for you to change that behavior would likely result in weight loss. In the spirit of being in the messy middle, as we always are, at Balance365 we like to say "lifestyle set point" and that's because it acknowledges that there is a range of weights that are healthy for each person and that that range can change. So people are going to go through different seasons of life where the weight range that is healthiest and possible for them is different from the next. What your weight is when life feels easy may not be what you weigh when life feels hard and that is okay, it doesn't mean you are unhealthier and it doesn't mean you have less value. You can't necessarily control your weight, but you can adjust your behaviors during seasons of life to care for yourself in the way you need. We have to accept that sometimes the way we need to care for ourselves, the healthiest path for us in that time could also involve a weight fluctuation and maybe that's up or down. What we know undoubtedly is that the behaviors we use to achieve any weight loss must be done forever or the weight will come back. That's why working on habits, not diets is so important and that you choose those changes because you enjoy them or at least can accept them as part of your life forever. And lastly, I want to leave you with just two more questions. And this came from a paper by Dr Sharma and Dr Freedhoff and Dr Freedhoff, I had mentioned earlier, he's an obesity medicine doctor in Canada out in, I think it's Ottawa and Dr Sharma is also an obesity medicine doctor in Edmonton. And in this paper they have two questions to help people determine if they are at the right weight for them or not. And number one is, can you eat less calories than you are now while still enjoying your life? Number two, can you exercise more than you are now while still enjoying your life? If the answer is no to both of these questions, then you're there. If it's yes, then you'll likely see more fat loss if you make the changes. And I thought that was just so beautifully simple. I hope this podcast was helpful and maybe a little eye opening. Either way, we please leave us a review on iTunes. We appreciate them so much and I know Annie, when we're doing our longer podcast, she is always looking at the reviews and reading out the new ones. Alright, thanks everyone. Bye. Bye. Annie: This episode is brought to you by the Balance365 program. If you're ready to say goodbye to quick fixes and false promises and yes to building healthy habits and a life you're 100% in love with, then checkout Balance365.co to learn more.

Canada recently got a new Food Guide. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff joins Nutrition Diva to discuss what might Americans have to gain from following Canada's lead. Read the transcript at https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/health-fitness/healthy-eating/should-americans-follow-the-canadian-food-guide Check out all the Quick and Dirty Tips shows: www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts FOLLOW NUTRITION DIVA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QDTNutrition/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NutritionDiva

In this episode of The Half Size Me™ Show, Heather talks to Dr. Freedhoff about how you need to address the topic of weight with your doctorswhat behaviors lead to long-term weight managementhow we can help kids with weight-related issues To find out more about Dr. Freedhoff, click here. To join The Half Size Me™ Community waiting list, learn more about the benefits of community membership, and get notified when we open again for new members, please go here: http://halfsizeme.com/join About Half Size Me The Half Size Me™ Show is a weekly podcast meant to inspire you and motivate you no matter where you are in your weight loss journey. If you're just getting started losing weight, or if you've started and stopped so many times you've lost count, this is the show for you! Hosted by Heather Robertson, who lost over 170 pounds by learning new eating habits, getting regular exercise, and, most importantly, changing her mindset. She shares her own lessons and struggles as well as how to handle to real challenge of any weight loss journey... weight maintenance. So, join Heather every week as she shares information, inspiration, and interviews with women who've learned weight loss isn't just about losing pounds, it's about finding yourself. Disclaimer: Heather is not a doctor, nurse, or certified health professional and what works for her or her guests may, or may not, work for you. So, please be sure to talk with your doctor, dietician, or other certified health professionals when seeking advice about your own weight loss or weight maintenance plan. All information included in The Half Size Me™ Podcast and on HalfSizeMe.com is for informational and inspirational purposes only. For additional disclaimer information, please visit HalfSizeMe.com. To contact Heather about the show, please click here to use the contact form.

For humans, diets are not sustainable and food is more than just fuel. Dr. Yoni Freedhoff is a family doctor, founder of the Bariatric Medical Institute in Ottawa, Canada, and author of The Diet Fix and the fabulous blog Weighty Matters. Today he sits down with Darya to explain why the key to long-term weight management is enjoying your life. For complete show notes visit summertomato.com

After a lengthy delay on my end that I will be rectifying, I have the pleasure of welcoming back Dr. Yoni Freedhoff to the show. In this episode, we talk about many of the changes we've seen in the diet industry since our last conversation and Dr. Yoni tackles some listener sourced questions as well. As always, Yoni has realistic and highly practical advice for those navigating their weight loss journey. To learn more about his work, I highly recommend his book "The Diet Fix" and his website www.weightmatters.ca When you visit his site, you can also type in the search bar "diet score" to see the article he references in the episode. To learn more about your host, check out www.jasonleenaarts.com and www.revfittherapy.com You can also like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/revolutionaryou Download, subscribe, share with your friends and please take a moment to leave us an iTunes review. 

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff guest stars to discuss our changing food environment. He talks dieting, The Biggest Loser, food frequency questionnaires, and the Cornell Food Lab fiasco. He also valiantly defends his children against the Don Drapers of the world. Also on the show: California issues guidelines for people worried about cell phones and how these guidelines were released is a really wacky story involving “FREEEEDOM!”; electricity to fight cancer; and Chris' The More You Know wholesome message regarding driving.   Yoni Freedhoff's blog: http://www.weightymatters.ca   California's guidelines for cell phone use:https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/Pages/NR17-086.aspx   The trial on tumor-treating fields: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29260225   Vox pop by Wassim El-Mounzer.   Jingle by Joseph Hackl.   Additional music by Seth Donnelly and Kevin MacLeod.   Theme music: "Troll of the Mountain Swing" by the Underscore Orkestra.   To contribute to The Body of Evidence, go to our Patreon page at: http://www.patreon.com/thebodyofevidence/.

The sugar industry covered up ill health effects for 50 years, but how horrible is it really?Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, Assistant Prof. at the University of Ottawa, Author of "The Diet Fix" and founder - Bariatric Medical Institute, shares the details with Rob.   

I'm about to wrap up the year and I couldn't do it without giving a bit of history to how and why the podcast started, what it's been like and where it's heading. Tune in to hear about the Top 5 most downloaded episodes and two honorable mentions because they got so close to the Top 5. If you're a fan of Sarah Campbell, Evelyn Carbsane, Danny Lennon, Shon Christy, Dr. Karl Nadolsky, Leigh Peele, Ian Dunican, Dr. Garth Davis or Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, check this episode out to hear how their shows stacked up. This has been an amazing year for the show and I'm coming up on 52 weeks before we know it. To learn more about your host, please visit www.jasonleenaarts.com Download, subscribe, share with your friends and please take a moment to leave an iTunes review. 

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff, bestselling author of The Diet Fix, is my guest this week and I can barely handle my excitement about it. In my personal and professional opinion, he has one of the finest minds in the health and wellness community. While I probably could have spent hours on this episode, we had a tight window to fit in a great deal of information. No matter where you are on your weight loss journey this episode is a must-listen. To connect and find out more about Dr. Yoni, please visit www.weightymatters.ca To learn more about your host, please check out www.jasonleenaarts.com Download, subscribe, share with your friends and if you have a moment, please leave us an iTunes review. 

There is a lot of talk these days about the importance of sustainability in regards to how we live, but we all know… talk is cheap. Our actions speak volumes and are saying something else. As consumers, far too many of us are still buying into quick, fast and easy solutions that provide little to no long term success. Many people don’t want to pay the cost in terms of time, money and energy to build a solid foundation of great health. They want to commit for brief periods of time, often through extreme measures, to create massive change that disappears nearly as quickly as it was achieved. In this week’s podcast, we discuss the secret to not only achieving health goals, but being able to sustain them for years to come! Loving this podcast? Head over to iTunes and leave a review so the Grace and Grit message can spread to more women who need to hear it. Notes: 3:00: The “whip cream on shit” approach to health. 5:45: The three things that will help you achieve success and sustain results. 6:50: Building a meaty “why” 11:30: The problem with only having a weight goal. 13:30 How “joy” improves our chances of sustaining results. 20:45: Treating yourself like a friend, rather than an enemy. 22:40: One of the best ways to start building self-compassion. Click here to read the full Yoni Freedhoff article. Looking for more Grace & Grit? Visit GraceandGrit.com

Today marks our 100th episode, woo hoo!! To celebrate this HUGE milestone, we decided to go back to the beginning and dig up highlights and insights from our previous guests. We share and elaborate on these epic concepts that are sure to transform your health. Thank you for listening and supporting us thus far, we're beyond grateful! To the next 100

Do you struggle with obesity or weight gain? Do you rebound from diets without long term results? Dr. Yoni Freedhoff’s non-dogmatic approach may be for you. As covered in his book “The Diet Fix,” clinician and professor Freedhoff details his “best weight” approach—a realistic way to personalize your diet and make sustainable, long term change … The post What Successful People Do To Keep The Weight Off appeared first on Paleo Blog.

Arizona Paleo Physician Assistant and newly-minted "Low-Carb Conversations" cohost Jenna Lightfoot and Registered, Licensed Dietitian and health entrepreneur Dietitian Cassie join Jimmy Moore today in Episode 170 of "Low-Carb Conversations With Jimmy Moore, Dietitian Cassie & Friends!"   SUPPORT DIETITIAN CASSIE'S NEW BOOK & VITAMINS LINE After a spirited cohost contest during the month of December, we now have a fabulous new cohost to join Jimmy Moore on a weekly basis sharing educated opinions about the latest and greatest health headlines. It's a new year and so many people are taking a greater interest in their own personal health now that this show is needed more than ever before. Rest assured we are dedicated to giving you quality information in a fun and entertaining way on Fridays throughout 2016! If you want to support this listener-supported podcast, then to make a donation of any amount to give financially towards keeping this show on the air. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! WHAT'S UP WITH THE 2015 DIETARY GUIDELINES In today's episode, longtime cohost Jimmy Moore and the debut of your brand new cohost YOU the listeners voted for named are joined by our beloved outgoing cohost from for one final show. Cassie has been quite busy the past few months with a #1 bestselling Kindle ebook entitled and a brand new supplements line called . It's good to have her on for one last time to bid our beloved listeners a fond farewell. ARE WE REALLY STILL DEBATING BUTTER VS. MARGARINE? Listen in as Jimmy, Jenna, and Cassie discuss the details of the just-announced 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, whether or not taxing fat is the answer to obesity, Dr. Michael Eades' perspective on the Dietary Guidelines, why one person's successful diet may not be right for you, Yoni Freedhoff's excellent column on insane margarine marketing, how the definition of a "healthy diet" is elusive, Phil Maffetone's column on why he thinks the low-fat diet is dead, and why the low-fat/low-carb debate matters. Plus, don't miss our fond farewell to Cassie and her words of wisdom for Jenna at the end. Now it's time to pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and let's talk! “LOW-CARB CONVERSATIONS” PODCAST IS LISTENER-SUPPORTED!: to support this podcast! LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 170- We’re LISTENER-SUPPORTED: - - Meet your new cohost - - - Cassie's Kindle ebook - - - SECRET HEADLINE: - - - - - - -

Roger and Rob debated city councillor Ray Jones about the merits of Uber and whether surge pricing is "gouging" Also, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff on the negative impacts of the reality show "The Biggest Loser" Listen to the roroshow live Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 12:30.

On this week's show, we are featuring one of Canada's most outspoken obesity experts, Dr. Yoni Freedhoff. He is an assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Ottawa. Yoni is the author of The Diet Fix and he writes regularly for his award-winning blog, Weighty Matters. In this episode, we discuss: When it comes to corruption in the food marketplace we need to stop blaming the food industry Changes in the food industry can't happen fast Is the internet helping or hindering positive changes? We still have a lot to learn when it comes to nutrition Confusing customers with food labels Eating healthy distilled down into one simple rule BMI isn't a useful tool Learn how to calculate your "best weight" Chocolate milk has double the calories and 20% more sugar than Coca-Cola Managing childhood obesity Exercise makes you healthy, not skinny There isn't one perfect diet for everyone Cheat days are not the answer Food is not just calories, it provides the building blocks for our bodies Staying ahead of food cravings and hunger Yoni's morning routine, including breakfast Embracing imperfection Related Links: Sunwarrior

Episode 66: Dr. Yoni Freedhoff talks about why most diets fail, what is important for successful weight management, a healthy approach to eating, advice for parents on feeding their children and the role of the food industry.

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff says diets don't work because they involve suffering.

"Training bodybuilders is easy. They already know 90% of what they need to do, and they've got the willpower to do it."   That's what a personal trainer friend of mine recently said, and it got me thinking.    So far on EvidenceMag, I've focused mainly on people who are in good shape, but want to push themselves further.    People, like me, who want to get leaner, stronger, and bigger than we are.   But what if you're extremely overweight, and you just want to get healthy?    I'll admit that I've never been in that position, so I asked Dr. Yoni Freedhoff to come on Evidence Radio. Yoni has helped thousands of overweihgt and obese people lose fat, and he's written a book on his methods called *The Diet Fix,* which goes into further detail.    In this podcast, we talk about the most common challenges overweight people face when trying to lose weight, the main reasons they fail, and how to set up a diet that increases their chances for success.

On this week's show, we explore stories that connect the gut and the mind. First a couple of documentary suggestions with trailers. In the news: addictive Oreos, popcorn as advertising defense, sleep cleans the brain (literally), and grocery store surveillance is coming. In the Moment of Paleo segment, we discuss creating a healthy feedback system to achieve your goals. After the Bell features clips from Dr. Yoni Freedhoff and Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride. Links for this episode:I Want To Look Like That Guy - YouTubelooklikethatguyNetflix: Guns, Germs, and SteelWhy Oreos Are As Addictive As Cocaine To Your Brain - ForbesStudy Suggests Oreos May Be as Addictive to Rats as Drugs Like Cocaine - YouTubeEating popcorn in the cinema makes people immune to advertising | Science | The GuardianEating Popcorn Renders In-Movie Ads Powerless - YouTubeA good night's sleep scrubs your brain clean, researchers find - NBC News.comSleep Helps Remove Garbage From Your Brain (VIDEO)Effects of recovery sleep after one work week of mild sleep restriction on interleukin-6 and cortisol secretion and daytime sleepiness and performance | Endocrinology and MetabolismGrocery store shelves to be equipped with cameras to gather shop - DC News FOX 5 DC WTTGGut feelings: the future of psychiatry may be inside your stomach | The VergeMy 6 Minute "Nay!" to Big Food Partnerships - YouTubeGAPS Pt 1: Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride - YouTube

In this week's episode of BariatricTV we have a Drop Zone Freak with feelings. In the Dumping Ground we introduce you to a new show segment highlighting Docs who Rock! In the Altered Reality segment we take a look at why you might want to research what emergency room you go to after weight loss surgery. And we wrap things up in the Freak On segment with a review of a brand new Vitamin D offering from the good folks at Bariatric Advantage.

Dr Yoni Freedhoff and Dr Bob Ross debate the relative importance of diet and exercise in promoting health body weights.  This event was hosted at the University of Ottawa in May of 2011, and was organized by the Canadian Obesity Network Student and New Professionals group at the University. To comment on this blog post or other obesity-related issues, visit Obesity Panacea at http://www.blogs.plos.org/obesitypanacea.