Zoe Harcombe

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Exercise – personal experience

Written by Zoë on March 9, 2010 - 13 Comments
Categories: General News

Hi all – I’ve just got back from a week’s skiing in Italy, so here’s a blog on my experience of doing more activity than normal. Andy and I normally share 3 dog walks a day. We always do the morning half hour together and Andy generally does the night walk and then whoever is [...]

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Is aerobic exercise a waste of time?!

Written by Zoë on February 7, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Media comments

The headlines world-wide on 5th February 2009 were along the lines of: “MILLIONS of people who try to keep fit by jogging, cycling or going to the gym could be wasting their time, a study revealed today.” The study was an international collaboration, led by the University of London and involving teams from 14 institutions [...]

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Walk the dog or go to the gym?! (part 2)

Written by Zoë on November 29, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: General News

Another article appeared on this topic in November 2009. This one was commissioned by Bob Martin (the company that does worm tablets etc). The dog product companies have obviously realised this story is a good way to get into the national press… This study was a larger study – 5,000 people, including 3,000 dog owners. [...]

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Walk the dog or go to the gym?!

Written by Zoë on October 14, 2009 - 1 Comment
Categories: General News

The following research was commissioned by Butcher’s Dog Food food: A study of more than 1,500 dog owners and gym goers found that the average gym goer covers 468 miles per year and the average dog walker does 676 miles per year. That’s 208 more for the dog walkers! Dog owners apparently walk the equivalent [...]

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Exercise can be as addictive as heroin – Daily Mail 19.8.09

Written by Zoë on August 19, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Media comments

This was a very brief article about a report from neuroscientists at Boston University. The researchers found that exercise ‘junkies’ experienced similar extreme withdrawal symptoms to drug addicts when unable to have their fix. The researchers also noticed that, just as ‘soft’ drugs can lead to hard drugs, so going to the gym can turn [...]

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We’ll pay you to lose weight.

Written by Zoë on July 18, 2009 - 0 Comments
Categories: Media comments

Daily Mail. November 11, 2008: “We’ll pay the obese to take a walk.” News of the World. April 12, 2009: “Lards of Money: NHS paying fatties £425 to lose weight.” Daily Mail. July 3, 2009: “Lose weight and we’ll give you £1 for every pound.” (Don’t you just love the NOTW headline!) This story just [...]

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