Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diet & Weight
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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

Calories Newsletter Obesity

Diet for weight maintenance

November 19, 2018June 3, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments calorie formula, calories, high carb diet, low carb diet, member

On 16th November 2018, NY Times reporter Anahad O’Connor tweeted that the number one most emailed story on the NY

Newsletter Obesity

World Obesity Day

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 Zoë 3 Comments discrimination, member, Obesity, weight discrimination

October 11th (2018) was World Obesity Day. World Obesity Day was launched in 2015 by the World Obesity Federation “to

Heart Disease Newsletter Obesity Surgery & Meds

A new miracle diet pill?

September 3, 2018September 3, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments heart disease, lorcaserin, medication, member, weight loss

We were still digesting ‘that (not) low-carb study’ when stories started to emerge from the European Society of Cardiology conference,

Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books

Men, Women & Dieting

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments dieting, member, men's health, very low calorie diet, women's health

This week’s note comes from a global collaboration between researchers in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The research was reported

Children's Health Newsletter Obesity

Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Childhood Obesity

May 7, 2018May 8, 2018 Zoë 16 Comments childhood obesity, fat, jamie oliver, Obesity, salt, sugar

Two chefs have been all over the news in the UK for the past week. Jamie Oliver is probably fairly

Newsletter Obesity

Gary Taubes in London

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments calorie formula, calorie theory, low carb diet, low fat diet, member, Obesity

Gary Taubes (GT) has been in London, over the weekend of 17-18 March 2018, doing a marathon six hour presentation

Conflicts of Interest Obesity

Britain needs to go on a diet says Public Health England

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 Zoë 8 Comments 3500 calorie theory, calorie controlled diets, public health dietary advice, Public Health England

Back in October 2011, England announced a new obesity ‘strategy’. I blogged on it here. The three key proposals were:

Diabetes Newsletter Obesity

Type 2 diabetes WILL get worse without lifestyle change

January 15, 2018January 16, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments epidemiology, member, Obesity, type 2 diabetes

We’re returning to the omnipresent topic of type 2 diabetes this week because there was a study published on 11th

Conferences Newsletter Obesity

Fasting for weightloss

June 19, 2017June 19, 2017 Zoë 11 Comments calories, eat less do more, fasting, member, weight loss

I’ve just got back from speaking at the second Public Health Collaboration Conference. This one was held at the Manchester

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