Why we can’t outrun a bad diet
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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Exercise
Sedentary behaviour
Humans beings have survived thus far because we have managed to acquire at least as much energy as we have
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Running on fat (1700km in 26 days!)
It’s a personal one this week. My husband is called Andy. Andy’s brother is called James. James’ running mate is
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Heart Disease: genes vs. lifestyle
Many thanks to Jerome Burne for alerting me to this one. Jerome sent me a paper to take a look
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‘Fitbits’ won’t make you slim, but nor will low-cal diets
A really interesting study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 20th 2016. It was
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Exercise: Is a lot more a lot better?
Introduction A study was published in the BMJ on 9th August 2016. The study was called “Physical activity and risk of
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UK Childhood Obesity ‘Strategy’
On 18th August 2016 a long awaited childhood obesity strategy was published by the UK government. The report can be
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Burning off calories (& 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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Coca-cola, exercise & conflicts
The last couple of weeks have seen Coca-Cola in the news quite a bit. Coca-Cola has been having a tough
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You cannot outrun a bad diet
Three of the people, with whom I was honoured to share a platform at the February 2015 South African conference,
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