Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Calories

Calories Newsletter 

A new 3,500 calorie formula?

April 16, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 3 Comments 3500 calorie theory, calorie controlled diets, calorie deficit, member

A paper was published on 9th April 2018 entitled “Simulating long-term human weight-loss dynamics in response to calorie restriction” (Ref

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Calories Exercise Newsletter 

Why we can’t outrun a bad diet

October 23, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, energy balance, exercise, member, thermodynamics

There’s been a recent twitter debate about diet vs. exercise in weight loss. One side has the view “You can’t

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Why 100,000 extra calories don’t equal 2 stone heavier

October 9, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 0 Comments 3500 calories, 3500 formula, calories, member

A Dutch rice cake company has provided the story for this week. Kallo is a well known brand name –

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Academic Research Calories Newsletter 

The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

June 12, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 6 Comments ancel keys, calorie controlled diets, member

We’re doing a classic article this week – the Minnesota Starvation Experiment. I always think I should put ‘starvation’ in

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Kekwick & Pawan: is a calorie a calorie?

May 22, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, kekwick, member, Obesity, pawan, the lancet

I was hoping that this week’s note would report breakthroughs from the European Congress on Obesity, which was held in

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Is Intermittent Fasting better than Calorie Restriction?

May 8, 2017June 3, 2020 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, 2017June 3, 2020 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, 2017May 4, 2022 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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‘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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