July 6, 2023 Bariatric Medicine Study discusses how BMI should not be the sole indicator of potential health risks when there are other scales like waist circumference that add context to the evaluation.
June 18, 2023 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #881, June 18, 2023: When Experts Talk Out of Orifices That were Not Designed for Speech.
June 14, 2023 Bariatric Medicine Obesity changes the brain, with ‘no sign of reversibility,’ expert says. Brain responses to nutrients are severely impaired and not reversed by weight loss in humans with obesity: a randomized crossover study
March 12, 2023 Sunday House Call Shows Sunday House Call, #869, March 12, 2023:The Shame of the Shame of It All: An interview with Dr. Yoni Freedhoff (@YoniFreedhoff) about the attitudes and moralizing directed towards people with obesity.
December 19, 2022 Bariatric Medicine Meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials looks at efficacy of semaglutide (Ozempic) in treating people suffering with obesity
December 15, 2022 Bariatric Medicine Diabetes drug in short supply in U.S. (but not in Canada) after celebrities, influencers touted its weight-loss benefits.
June 8, 2022 Bariatric Medicine Wegovy (semaglutide) approved by FDA to support people struggling to lose weight (and that includes many). Health Canada did so in November 2021. Major addition to weight-loss management options.
May 11, 2022 Bariatric Medicine Treatments for weight loss do exist, work well for many, and reveal our growing understanding of how our homeostatic, motivational, and executive brain centers interact with respect to weight control.
November 14, 2021 Bariatric Medicine Sunday House Call, #815, November 14, 2021: @YoniFreedhoff discusses “2021’s dumbest scientifically published exercise recommendation for the treatment of obesity” and what works in reality.