For MedPage Today 's "After the Pandemic" series, we asked our editorial board members to discuss what significant and lasting effects the COVID-19 pandemic will have on medicine and the delivery of healthcare. Here, we interview Yoni Freedhoff, MD, founder and medical director of the Bariatric Medical Institute in Ottawa, Canada. Can you share an anecdote about a patient you saw in your practice and how the pandemic influenced their situation? What was the outcome? Freedhoff: Sharing very specific anecdotes isn't HIPAA friendly, but what I can easily state is that for a very large percentage of my patients and their families, the pandemic has changed their dietary patterns, and for the most part, for the worse.