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How calorie counting makes you fat

On Feb 16 2012, there was a new item in the Daily Mail Femail section. They often do these little ‘stocking fillers’. Let’s hope that this one goes as quickly as it came because it is not going to help with the obesity epidemic. It is, however, a great illustration of one of the many [...]

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The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

This is a blog about quite possibly the most important obesity experiment ever conducted. Please let me know if you come across a dietician who has ever heard of it, let alone studied it… America joined WWII in 1941 – by which time Europe was already experiencing rationing and food shortages. A couple of years [...]

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Why calorie counting makes you fat

I got very excited when I saw this headline. At last, I thought, someone else has realised that calorie counting is the cause of the obesity epidemic and not the cure. But no, the article was about a new report by Dr Geoffrey Livesey, one of a “growing band of scientists” who think we have [...]

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School’s out and we’re off to FAT CAMP

I wanted to cry at the end of this article. It is all about obese teenagers who are spending this summer at fat camps in the UK (such camps have been around in the US for years). The reason I wanted to cry is because the advice that they are being given in the camp [...]

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