Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Calories

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Is Intermittent Fasting better than Calorie Restriction?

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Zoë 11 Comments calorie counting, intermittent fasting, member, weight discrimination

The paper being reviewed this week is right up our street – given our interest in diet, health and weight.

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Academic Research Calories Obesity Public Health 

What the US eats

February 6, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 7 Comments Butter, cereal, fake food, Family Food Survey, Obesity, real food, sugar, vegetable oils

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)

February 6, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments cereal, fake food, Family Food Survey, Obesity, real food, sugar, what the UK eats

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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Academic Research Calories Exercise Newsletter Obesity 

‘Fitbits’ won’t make you slim, but nor will low-cal diets

September 26, 2016August 6, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments calories, dieting, exercise, member, weight watchers

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)

August 15, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments calories, Family Food Survey, member

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

May 9, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments biggest loser, calorie formula, kevin hall, member, metabolism

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

March 17, 2016July 8, 2018 Zoë 48 Comments eatbadly plate, eatwell guide, eatwell plate, Public Health England

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

February 22, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments calories, Family Food Survey, meat, member, processed food, trends, what the UK eats

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)

January 18, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 14 Comments 3500 calories, calorie formula, carbohydrates, exercise, food labelling, 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?

April 12, 2015October 18, 2018 Zoë 33 Comments 3500 calories, diet and health, lulu hunt peters, the calorie formula, the origin of dieting

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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