Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Motivation

What motivates people?

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 Zoë 2 Comments addiction, dietary guidelines, member, motivation, type 2 diabetes, very low calorie diet

I still exchange Christmas cards with the best boss I ever had and he always includes a chatty letter with

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Can Lisa Riley inspire you to achieve success?

May 2, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments healthy eating, lisa riley, member, motivation, weight loss

The Strictly Come Dancing sensation of 2012 was surely Lisa Riley: big, beautiful and a quite brilliant dancer. She was

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Two thirds of Brits on a diet most of the time

March 14, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments dieting, eat less do more, member

I have never smoked. I have never even put a cigarette between my lips; never wondered what it would be

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New Year Resolutions – how to be the 1 in 12

January 4, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments dieting, four levels of consciousness, member, motivation, new year diet, Stephen Covey

Did you make any New Year resolutions? Apparently 25% of people don’t make it beyond the first week of their

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Top tips for Christmas (to avoid looking like Santa)!

December 14, 2015August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments christmas, dieting, family, member, motivation, tips

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dame Sally Davies, made the headlines last week. In her annual report she said “I

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Horizon: What’s the right diet for you?

January 19, 2015February 8, 2018 Zoë 43 Comments 5-2 diet, burning fat, constant cravers, dieting, emotional eaters, feasters, Horizon, ketones, Obesity, weight loss

Last January Horizon had a diet programme. This January they had three – all on the same topic – the

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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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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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UK Women are the “World’s Worst Dieters”

December 23, 2010July 1, 2016 Zoë 1 Comment carbohydrates, dieting, Obesity, weight loss, women, worst dieters

This story was in the Daily Mail December 22 2010. The headline says “World’s Worst Dieters” but the article is

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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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The Case For Keto
Vegans & bone fractures
Eggs, diabetes and Chinese adults
Essay on The Obesity Epidemic
SAGE conflicts of interest
UK Deaths with Covid-19 & R
The Impact of Lockdowns
UK deaths in 2020
Calories, Thermodynamics & Weight

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