Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model of obesity – Part 1
Executive Summary * The standard explanation for obesity is that there is an energy imbalance. Both as individuals and populations,
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Diet & Weight
Reflections on The Great Plant-Based Con
I was chatting to someone at the May 2022 Public Health Collaboration conference (after I had done my “Should we
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What do Americans eat?
Executive summary * On Independence Day, we’re looking at what Americans eat. * An official (United States Department of Agriculture)
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Should we be vegan?
Executive summary * This note summarises the history of the Public Health Collaboration conferences since the first one was held
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Time restricted eating & weight loss
Executive summary * This week’s note reviews a randomised controlled trial, which assessed whether calorie restriction with time-restricted eating was
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Low-carb diets, cortisol & testosterone
Executive summary * A systematic review (look at all evidence) and meta-analysis (pool it together to see the overall effect)
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Cochrane review of low-carb diets
Executive summary * A 456 page Cochrane review has been published. It examined low-carbohydrate diets vs balanced-carbohydrate diets for reducing
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Metabolism, dieting & reaching goal weight
Executive summary * A paper has just been published, which examined the impact of a very low-calorie diet on metabolism
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Who follows a carnivore diet?
Executive summary * A study has been published, which reported the results of a survey of over 2,000 people who
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Christmas & weight gain
Executive summary * The festive period is notorious for weight gain and this phenomenon has been the subject of academic
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