Author, obesity researcher .

Calories, Energy Balance, Thermodynamics & Weight Loss

… “Things we’ve got wronger than a very wrong thing”! As the brilliant Dr Malcolm Kendrick would say – and Black-adder before him! Why do we say “eat less/do more”? Does it work? What do the laws of thermodynamics actually say? (because it isn’t “eat less/do more”) Why do we say “to lose 1lb of [...]

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UK Women are the “World’s Worst Dieters”

This story was in the Daily Mail December 22 2010.  The headline says “World’s Worst Dieters” but the article is only talking about women, so we need to be fair to men here. SPA Future Thinking, a market research firm did a “Question of Taste” survey. They surveyed 1,534 women around the world in the [...]

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“Surgery is better than dieting, says conflicted doctor”

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

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The Calorie theory is everywhere, and wrong

I keep a pile of newspaper articles to blog when I get 5 minutes. I kept one from 28 September about a book written by Brian Wansink – something like “Why we eat more than we think.” Strategy number 1 (out of 8 ) in the book was “Just ten extra calories a day – [...]

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10 Things you should know about losing weight

One of my Facebook Fans mentioned this programme, so I have posted my notes from the BBC programme for others who may be interested (quotation marks indicate direct quotes from the programme – verbatim): RED = tips trying to get the presenter/researcher to eat less. Blue = trying to curb hunger (to get him to [...]

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