Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Obesity

Newsletter Obesity Public Health 

Can governments nudge away obesity?

December 5, 2022February 23, 2023 Zoë 3 Comments member, Obesity

Executive summary * Behavioural scientists generally, and an organisation called the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) specifically, played a significant role

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Diet & Weight Newsletter Obesity 

Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model – Part 2

August 22, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments calories, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, energy balance, member

Executive summary * This is the second of a two-part note looking at two models of obesity. One is called

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Diet & Weight Newsletter Obesity 

Energy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model of obesity – Part 1

August 15, 2022September 12, 2022 Zoë 5 Comments calories, carbohydrate insulin model of obesity, energy balance, member

Executive Summary * The standard explanation for obesity is that there is an energy imbalance. Both as individuals and populations,

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Newsletter Obesity Public Health 

What do Americans eat?

July 4, 2022July 18, 2022 Zoë 7 Comments dietary guidelines for americans, Obesity

Executive summary * On Independence Day, we’re looking at what Americans eat. * An official (United States Department of Agriculture)

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Newsletter Obesity 

Do we need to pay people to lose weight?

March 29, 2021March 28, 2021 Zoë 1 Comment 3500 calorie theory, member, Obesity

Executive Summary * A ‘new’ scheme has been launched in the UK to help people to lose weight and/or maintain

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Newsletter Obesity 

Essay on The Obesity Epidemic

November 16, 2020November 23, 2020 Zoë 9 Comments calorie theory, carbohydrates, dietary fat, member, Obesity, thermodynamics

Introduction Back in 2019, I was invited to contribute an article to an academic book on obesity, which was to

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Newsletter Obesity 

Fat shaming or life saving

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Zoë 9 Comments COVID-19, fat shaming, Obesity

Introduction In February 2004, HTV Wales made a discussion programme about obesity. They hosted a dozen people with many different

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COVID-19 Risk factors

April 20, 2020May 27, 2021 Zoë 10 Comments COVID-19, heart disease, Obesity, risk factors

Executive summary Introduction On March 17th, 2020, when I first searched the academic database, PubMed, for “COVID-19” and “humans”, there

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A global diet in an obese and starving world

April 15, 2019April 15, 2019 Zoë 4 Comments epidemiology, fruit and veg, member, morbid obesity, poverty, red meat, sugary drinks, whole grains

Introduction In my last year of corporate life (2008), as HR Director across a group of companies I introduced ‘Lunch

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Calories Newsletter Obesity 

Weight gain over Christmas

December 17, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments christmas, member, randomised control trial, weight gain

This will be the last note before Christmas, so it seems appropriate to look at a festive study that has

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