Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders Newsletter 

Anorexia – in memory of Nikki Grahame

April 19, 2021April 18, 2021 Zoë 2 Comments anorexia, member, mortality

Executive Summary This post doesn’t lend itself to an Executive Summary. It’s written in memory of Nikki Grahame, who lived

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Eating Disorders Newsletter 

Orthorexia

September 14, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments clean eating, food groups, healthy eating, member, obsession, orthorexia

I received a call early on Monday morning (7th September 2015) from BBC Birmingham asking if I had seen the

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Eating Disorders Newsletter Obesity Women's Health 

Britain’s fattest man & anorexia

June 29, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, anorexia, member, Obesity

Carl Thompson died on Sunday 21st June 2015. He had the unfortunate distinction of being known as “Britain’s fattest man”.

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Children's Health Eating Disorders Newsletter Obesity 

Georgia Davis May 2015 update

May 4, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, calorie deficit, childhood obesity, georgia davis, member, overeating

I was wondering recently how Georgia Davis was doing, as she hadn’t popped up in The Sun for a while

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Academic Research Eating Disorders Motivation Newsletter Obesity 

Fat shaming makes people eat more – really?

September 11, 2014July 20, 2016 Zoë 14 Comments fat shaming, waist circumference, weight discrimination, weight loss

I got a call at 8.30am today (Sept 11th 2014) to ask if I’d go on Radio 5 live between

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Children's Health Eating Disorders Motivation Obesity Other Diets & Books 

Overweight – What kids say – by Robert Pretlow

January 14, 2011July 1, 2016 Zoë 9 Comments

As someone working exclusively in the field of obesity, I was approached by Dr Pretlow to ask if I would

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Eating Disorders Sugar 

Sugar – how quickly can we get hooked?

January 16, 2010July 1, 2016 Zoë 7 Comments addiction, chocolate, john yudkin, sugar

I had an interesting experience over the festive season: I helped someone with an employment law case (I used to

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Children's Health Eating Disorders Motivation 

Girls who start slimming aged 10

November 3, 2009July 1, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments

This was a worrying study done by GirlGuiding UK (involving 1,109 girls) about how young girls feel about their bodies

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Children's Health Eating Disorders 

The girls living on just one meal a day

October 13, 2009July 1, 2016 Zoë anorexia, breakfast, skipping meals, teenage girls

This was a pretty sobering news story in the press in October. The Exeter based Schools Health Education Unit surveyed

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Eating Disorders Surgery & Meds 

Dying to lose a stone

August 31, 2009July 4, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments

This was a really well researched article by Lorraine Fisher on everything from diet pills to liposuction – trying to

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