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England’s Obesity Strategy (not)

Written by Zoë on October 17, 2011 - 7 Comments
Categories: Gov. Policy, Obesity

On Thursday 13 October, 2011, the Department of Health issued this press release, optimistically called “Government calls time on obesity.” The government has done anything but. We need to remember that the UK health service was devolved in 1999, with England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland managed separately from this point forth. Hence, this Department [...]

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Nutrition – where will a student be taught the truth?

Written by Zoë on September 12, 2011 - 7 Comments
Categories: Obesity, Research

I’ve had so many queries from people about studying nutrition that this blog is probably long overdue. Nutrition is a fascinating topic. There is little more important to human health than what and how we eat. Modern epidemics of obesity and ill health are capturing media headlines and the attention of curious minds alike. This [...]

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Who’s teaching our children about ‘nutrition’?

Written by Zoë on June 17, 2011 - 8 Comments
Categories: Conflict, Gov. Policy

I came across a school book for GCSE in Home Economics: Food & Nutrition recently. As someone who has studied nutrition extensively – and found virtually everything being taught to be wrong – I was naturally curious. Kellogg’s & Coco-pops I picked up the main textbook “Examining Food & Nutrition” by Jenny Ridgwell (1996). The [...]

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The Weston A Price Foundation Conference

Written by Zoë on April 11, 2011 - 0 Comments
Categories: Obesity, Research

The second London Weston A Price Foundation conference was held on Saturday 26th March 2011. We are waiting for the presentation to be put on line in full by the conference organisers – we’ll post it here as soon as it is. In the meantime – the slides can be found on this site. Here’s [...]

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“Surgery is better than dieting, says conflicted doctor”

Written by Zoë on September 13, 2010 - 4 Comments
Categories: Conflict, Dieting

“Surgery is better than dieting, says top doctor”. Zoe Harcombe highlights the conflict of interest in this Sunday Times story.

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Statins with your burger? Better add a pregnancy test too

Written by Zoë on August 13, 2010 - 8 Comments
Categories: Conflict, Media comments

This story came out on 12 August 2010. I follow BBC Health news on Twitter and they announced: “Fast food outlets should consider handing out cholesterol-lowering drugs to combat the effects of fatty food, link here The article opens with: “Fast food outlets should consider handing out cholesterol-lowering drugs to combat the effects of fatty [...]

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Food Intolerance is all in the mind, says study sponsored by Flour Advisory Board!

Written by Zoë on January 22, 2010 - 1 Comment
Categories: Conflict, Media comments

“Nine in ten Britons who believe they have a food allergy are perfectly healthy, researchers say“. Harcombe Diet followers will immediately spot the error – either in this write up from the Daily Mail Science reporter (Fiona MacRae) or from the press release itself. Food allergy and Food Intolerance are seriously different – potentially fatally. [...]

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