Is Intermittent Fasting better than Calorie Restriction?
The paper being reviewed this week is right up our street – given our interest in diet, health and weight.
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Calories
What the US eats
This post goes hand in hand with this one on UK food intake. I’ve looked at UK and US food
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What the UK eats (2014)
A comprehensive survey detailing what UK people eat has been available since 1940. It was called the National Food Survey from 1940
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‘Fitbits’ won’t make you slim, but nor will low-cal diets
A really interesting study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 20th 2016. It was
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Brits are lying about calorie intake (allegedly)
On Monday 8th August 2016 British people woke up to the accusation that we’re basically greedy, lying rascals. According to
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Lessons from The Biggest Loser
Back in 2010 I met with a TV producer who was working on diet programmes. She shared that one of
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Eatwell Guide
The origin of the ‘eatwell’ plate (Throughout this post, the plate/guide will either be called ‘eatwell’ in inverted commas, to
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The UK diet – then and now
Last week’s papers were full of details about how the UK diet has changed over the years. The BBC covered
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Burning off calories (& food labels)
On 15 January 2016, the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) called for the introduction of ‘activity equivalent’ calorie labelling
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Where does the 3500 calorie theory come from?
The simple answer is “I don’t know” and nor do any of the public health bodies/obesity organisations that use it,
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