Yoni Freedhoff
@yonifreedhoff.com
Associate Professor of Family Medicine @UOttawa/Exclusively obesity medicine since 2004/Bylines spanning from The Lancet to the NYTs/הנני
Yesterday, @standwithus.bsky.social Canada posted the podcast that Montreal's Dr. Lior Bibas and I recorded about antisemitism and antizionism in medicine in Canada. Among the topics, what legal liability has the CPSO exposed themselves to by not acting? www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMK...
Doctors Speak Out: The Reality of Antisemitism in Medicine
YouTube video by StandWithUs Canada
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October 31, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Yesterday, @standwithus.bsky.social Canada posted the podcast that Montreal's Dr. Lior Bibas and I recorded about antisemitism and antizionism in medicine in Canada. Among the topics, what legal liability has the CPSO exposed themselves to by not acting? www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMK...
My review of @juliabelluz.bsky.social and @kevinh-phd.bsky.social's new book Food Intelligence finally published on @medscape.com. tl;dr? If you're looking for a detailing of our current understanding of the science of food, eating, and metabolism, this one's for you www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
What We Know and Don’t Know About Nutrition and Health
Yoni Freedhoff, MD, reviews the new book 'Food Intelligence,' which details the impact of food on nutrition, biochemistry, metabolism, and health.
www.medscape.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My review of @juliabelluz.bsky.social and @kevinh-phd.bsky.social's new book Food Intelligence finally published on @medscape.com. tl;dr? If you're looking for a detailing of our current understanding of the science of food, eating, and metabolism, this one's for you www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
My latest in @medscape.com on GLP1 meds and suicide: Did you hear GLP1 meds might increase the risk of suicide? I'd bet you did. It was all over the news consequent to just 3 case reports submitted by Iceland to the European Medicine Association who announced an investigation /1
August 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
My latest in @medscape.com on GLP1 meds and suicide: Did you hear GLP1 meds might increase the risk of suicide? I'd bet you did. It was all over the news consequent to just 3 case reports submitted by Iceland to the European Medicine Association who announced an investigation /1
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@yonifreedhoff.com Here are violin plots showing distribution of the ww signal in Ottawa by year and by VOC. "wwlast30d" represents signal sampled over past 30 days.
A 5-year, continuous public health dataset unaffected by policy changes--unlike clinical indicators--is a beautiful thing.
A 5-year, continuous public health dataset unaffected by policy changes--unlike clinical indicators--is a beautiful thing.
July 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
@yonifreedhoff.com Here are violin plots showing distribution of the ww signal in Ottawa by year and by VOC. "wwlast30d" represents signal sampled over past 30 days.
A 5-year, continuous public health dataset unaffected by policy changes--unlike clinical indicators--is a beautiful thing.
A 5-year, continuous public health dataset unaffected by policy changes--unlike clinical indicators--is a beautiful thing.
You might remember my blog on how Lilly effectively levied a fat tax on obesity whereby they were charging more for tirzepatide prescribed for obesity than for diabetes in 🇨🇦. Well they've cancelled that and launched a financial assistance program for Zepbound open.substack.com/pub/yonifree...
Lilly Cancels Its Tirzepatide Fat Tax
Lilly announces the pending launch of their MyZepbound.ca financial assistance program for patients prescribed tirzepatide for obesity
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July 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
You might remember my blog on how Lilly effectively levied a fat tax on obesity whereby they were charging more for tirzepatide prescribed for obesity than for diabetes in 🇨🇦. Well they've cancelled that and launched a financial assistance program for Zepbound open.substack.com/pub/yonifree...
Do front-of-package food warnings change behaviour? Do they increase stigma vs. obesity? How about if the warnings don't reference obesity at all but simply, as they should, reference nutrients? My latest for @medscape.com explores new research that found /1
July 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Do front-of-package food warnings change behaviour? Do they increase stigma vs. obesity? How about if the warnings don't reference obesity at all but simply, as they should, reference nutrients? My latest for @medscape.com explores new research that found /1
Good news for Canadians looking to start Zepbound (tirzepatide) for obesity. Lilly will be introducing a program to help defray costs. Medication should be on shelves mid summer. I'll blog about this in more detail but wanted to briefly mention
June 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good news for Canadians looking to start Zepbound (tirzepatide) for obesity. Lilly will be introducing a program to help defray costs. Medication should be on shelves mid summer. I'll blog about this in more detail but wanted to briefly mention
Just read a rare piece that rather than demonize weight loss drugs, instead highlighted the use of Wegovy in teens by emphasizing the teens' joy for the benefits the drug provided them with /1
June 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Just read a rare piece that rather than demonize weight loss drugs, instead highlighted the use of Wegovy in teens by emphasizing the teens' joy for the benefits the drug provided them with /1
My latest for @Medscape asking why, despite robust evidence demonstrating sustained weight loss significantly decreases both cancer incidence and recurrence that both patient and doctor facing literature on same nearly never mention it? /1
June 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My latest for @Medscape asking why, despite robust evidence demonstrating sustained weight loss significantly decreases both cancer incidence and recurrence that both patient and doctor facing literature on same nearly never mention it? /1
I had a small role to play in this @dougmanuel.bsky.social led publication which hopefully will help to pave the way for the development of a multinational, multidisciplinary evaluation framework for public health environmental surveillance (including wastewater) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Developing an evaluation framework for public health environmental surveillance: Protocol for an international, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus study
Introduction Public health environmental surveillance has evolved, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, with wastewater-based surveillance being a prominent example. As surveillance methods exp...
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May 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I had a small role to play in this @dougmanuel.bsky.social led publication which hopefully will help to pave the way for the development of a multinational, multidisciplinary evaluation framework for public health environmental surveillance (including wastewater) journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Don't hold breath
I have been reporting people who have spent the day telling me why murdering Jews in cold blood is good. Very curious to see if this site is any different than Musk's shit hole.
I thought this site had moderators who censor dehumanizing speech and cloaked incitement to violence?
May 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Don't hold breath
My latest in @medscape.com - remember that recent ginormous The Lancet paper that among other things was highly critical of the use of BMI to diagnose obesity that instead recommended either the use of BMI along with a secondary marker of excess adiposity /1
May 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My latest in @medscape.com - remember that recent ginormous The Lancet paper that among other things was highly critical of the use of BMI to diagnose obesity that instead recommended either the use of BMI along with a secondary marker of excess adiposity /1
Her name is Leah, and I am her father (as promised - father/daughter tattoos for getting into her University of choice)
May 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Her name is Leah, and I am her father (as promised - father/daughter tattoos for getting into her University of choice)
It seems it's now official. Lilly has effectively levied a fat tax on Canadian prescriptions of its diabetes and obesity medication tirzepatide (aka Mounjaro/Zepbound) whereby if prescribed for obesity, you'll pay nearly double what you'd pay if prescribed for diabetes. More in my Substack
Despite Assurances To The Contrary, Lilly Has Effectively Levied A Fat Tax In Canada For Mounjaro
If You Have Obesity, You'll Pay Nearly Double For Mounjaro Than If You Have Diabetes
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It seems it's now official. Lilly has effectively levied a fat tax on Canadian prescriptions of its diabetes and obesity medication tirzepatide (aka Mounjaro/Zepbound) whereby if prescribed for obesity, you'll pay nearly double what you'd pay if prescribed for diabetes. More in my Substack
My latest on Medscape covers a recently published study that both traditional media and social media reported as being proof that Splenda increases hunger (and of course as a consequence, increases weight). Sounds scary. Unless you actually read the paper 🧵
May 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My latest on Medscape covers a recently published study that both traditional media and social media reported as being proof that Splenda increases hunger (and of course as a consequence, increases weight). Sounds scary. Unless you actually read the paper 🧵
My latest in Medscape discusses 3 recent examples of how studies regarding obesity that ignore obesity medications, despite their being our current standard of care in obesity's treatment, do a disservice to readers, reporters, and the public. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Don’t Bash the Usefulness of Obesity Medicines
Recent studies offer a grim view of obesity treatment, however, they fail to acknowledge the current generation of obesity medications. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, explains why this is problematic.
www.medscape.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
My latest in Medscape discusses 3 recent examples of how studies regarding obesity that ignore obesity medications, despite their being our current standard of care in obesity's treatment, do a disservice to readers, reporters, and the public. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Mar 16. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces
March 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Ottawa WAVE (Wastewater Analytics for Viral Epidemiology) as of Mar 16. LEFT IMAGE: 7d trendline of SARS-CoV-2 signal since spring 2020 (A); Past year (B), and 2 months (C), inferred case incidence (D), and Reff (E) determined with ern (PMID: 38905266). RIGHT IMAGE: other viral traces
My latest, published ahead of print in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology looks at the historic failure of public health to move the needle on chronic non-communicable diseases like obesity, and its historic opportunity now to find some success /🧵
March 13, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My latest, published ahead of print in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology looks at the historic failure of public health to move the needle on chronic non-communicable diseases like obesity, and its historic opportunity now to find some success /🧵
Recorded a podcast about antisemitism in medicine in Canada and other relatedly depressing topics open.substack.com/pub/awakefro...
How can we respond to an epidemic of hate? A conversation w/ Dr Yoni Freedhoff
Jewish doctors are quitting the profession in Canada, as racist hate has overtaken hospitals & universities since October 7. What can be done to stop blackballing--& restore decency in health care?
open.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Recorded a podcast about antisemitism in medicine in Canada and other relatedly depressing topics open.substack.com/pub/awakefro...
My latest on @medscape.com explores the futility of weight loss diet studies. Brief thread to cover the basic arguments with link to story at the end /1
February 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My latest on @medscape.com explores the futility of weight loss diet studies. Brief thread to cover the basic arguments with link to story at the end /1
Short thread on my latest for @medscape.com explores why, despite their incredible benefit, so many people stop their anti-obesity medications? /1
January 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Short thread on my latest for @medscape.com explores why, despite their incredible benefit, so many people stop their anti-obesity medications? /1
My first Bluesky non-preemptive moron block!
January 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
My first Bluesky non-preemptive moron block!
Next up from me on @medscape.com, covers how despite their great efficacy, obesity medications are unlikely to have led to decreasing American rates of obesity. Short thread explaining why 🧵
January 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Next up from me on @medscape.com, covers how despite their great efficacy, obesity medications are unlikely to have led to decreasing American rates of obesity. Short thread explaining why 🧵
Enjoy your Chinese food tonight my fellow Jews!
December 24, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Enjoy your Chinese food tonight my fellow Jews!
Such a pretty girl
December 14, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Such a pretty girl