Yoni Freedhoff

New draft recommendations focus on lecturing children with obesity about diet while ignoring medications or surgery. Dr Yoni Freedhoff says this is another form of weight bias.

New research touted that kimchi consumption can stave off weight gain. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, points out the flaws in the research.

Nestlé recently announced they would sell food targeted for customers on anti-obesity medications. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, explains why this move should be celebrated.

Two prominent medical associations recommend treating people with obesity like actual people. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, explains why this is another form of bias.

Advertising sugary cereals and salty snacks to kids is rampant on social media. Do bans on such marketing create a decrease in the demand for these processed foods?

There’s no debate that diet and exercise aren’t more effective for people with obesity than antiobesity medications, contends Yoni Freedhoff, MD.

What matters is whether obesity’s formal definition will help reduce weight bias and increase access to treatment for those who need it.

Recent reports that the decrease in obesity rates is due to increased prescribing of antiobesity medications are unfounded. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, explains why it’s just not possible.

Recent research suggests that patients prescribed GLP-1s don’t fill their prescriptions or stop taking them. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, discusses the obstacles to patient adherence.

Self-reported diet studies should be evaluated with great skepticism. A better way to evaluate is finding a diet that works for the individual.