Media
Here is a 5 minute TV Taster video. A huge thank you to Simon Mansfield, Sarah Broughton and Sarah Howells at Modern TV for doing this.
Media Diary
2020
3/9/2020 – Talk Radio Europe – The Carnivore Diet.
29/7/2020 – Talk Radio Europe – The US Dietary Guidelines and what we need to know about fats.
17/6/2020 – Talk Radio Europe – talking about social distancing and making value judgements about lives.
27/5/2020 – UK Health Radio with Janey Lee Grace – the power of real food.
13/5/2020 – Talk Radio Europe – talking about ‘donut-gate‘ – article here.
2/4/2020 – Talk Radio Europe – talking about COVID-19 (or here).
26/2/2020 – Talk Radio Europe – talking about Time Restricted Eating (or here).
23/1/2020 – Talk Radio Europe – talking about these posts – here and here.
2/1/2020 – The Independent – Avoid those fad diets.
2/1/2020 – LBC – Clive Bull show – talking about Veganuary.
2019
12/12/2019 – The Irish News – Nutrition experts say celebrity diet rules can be hard to swallow.
5/12/2019 – Talk Radio Europe – World Diabetes Day – audio here.
3/12/2019 – Daily Mail – Michelle Mone’s Diet tips.
2/10/2019 – Talk Radio Europe – Teen goes blind on junk food.
29/8/2019 – Talk Radio Europe – Plant Based propaganda.
23/8/2019 – Daily Mail – Why does alcohol make you gain weight?
25/7/2019 – Talk Radio Europe – Talking about Intermittent Fasting and Processed food diets – audio here
6/6/2019 – Talk Radio Europe – Talking about this story – is it time to treat sugar like smoking? Audio here.
7/4/2019 – Talk Radio – The Mark Dolan show – talking about low carb diets and healthy eating generally.
13/2/2019 – Talk Radio Europe – Why cholesterol can’t cause heart disease – audio here.
30/1/2019 – BBC Radio Berkshire – Actors who lose and gain weight for film roles.
14/1/2019 – BBC Radio Berkshire – The BNF portion size story.
10/1/2019 – Talk Radio Europe – The Diet Fix – audio here.
9/1/2019 – Get the Gloss – Fake news about diets we shouldn’t fall for.
7/1/2019 – Get the Gloss – Time restricted eating.
7/1/2019 – The Independent (Ireland) – Here’s the plan: I’ll tell you how to lose weight and keep it off forever.
2018
(I’ve missed quite a few regional BBC radio shows, as I forget to update this! I do an average of one every week or two).
29/12/2018 – The Diet Fix feature in The Times Magazine.
13/12/2018 – Talk Radio Europe – All about cholesterol, statins and LDL – based on this article and this one. Listen here.
6/12/2018 – BBC Birmingham – Danny Kelly. Christmas eating tips.
25/10/2018 – Talk Radio Europe – All about Vitamin D. (If it’s still available on line, pick the 10-11am slot and I’m 30 mins in to this).
23/10/2018 – BBC London – The Vanessa Feltz show. Talking takeaways and obesity. (If it’s still available on line, I’m on at about 1 hr 17 mins).
23/10/2018 – BBC Birmingham – Danny Kelly. Talking top foods for type 2 diabetes. (If it’s still available on line, I’m on at about 1 hr 10 mins).
23/10/2018 – BBC West Midlands – Paul Franks. Talking takeaways and obesity. (If it’s still available on line, I’m on at about 8-9 mins into the programme).
10/10/2018 – Podcast with Ben Pratt. Nutrient density helps weight management.
3/10/2018 – BBC Three Counties Radio. Talking about Steve Miller saying that parents need to sort childhood obesity.
2/10/2018 – Podcast with Diana Rodgers (Sustainable Dish) – Nutrient density, red meat & politics.
27/9/2018 – Podcast with Chris Kresser – The Truth about saturated fat.
20/9/2018 – Talk Radio Europe – All about that low carb study.
12/7/2018 – Talk Radio Europe – Anti-depressants and weight gain.
23/5/2018 – Three Counties Radio. Childhood obesity.
23/5/2018 – Talk Radio Europe – Childhood obesity.
22/5/2018 – Podcast with Brian Sanders (Food Lies) – The Weird and Backwords World of Nutrition.
1/5/2018 – BBC Radio London – The Jamie Oliver obesity initiative.
5/4/2018 – Talk Radio Europe – 5:2 Diet and heart disease.
6/3/2018 – 16 BBC interviews scheduled on this story on drive time (between 16.00 and 18.00 GMT). 1600 Cornwall; 1608 WM; 1615 Manchester; 1622 3CR; 1630 Jersey; 1638 Newcastle; 1645 Wales; 1652 Leicester; 1700 Oxford; 1708 Cov & Warks; 1715 Nottingham; 1722 Sussex; 1730 Stoke; 1738 Lincolnshire; 1745 Humberside; 1752 H&W. These were the points I made.
1/3/2018 – Talk Radio Europe – All about fat.
27/2/2018 – LBC – The Clive Bull show – on this story.
26/2/2018 – Woman’s Hour BBC Radio 4 – talking about calorie counting.
1/2/2018 – Talk Radio Europe – talking about statins for children. Recording available here.
30/1/2018 – BBC Radio Tees – talking about this story – Britains having the worst diet in Europe. (I’m on about 20 mins in – available for 30 days only).
2017
11/12/2017 – Daily Express – Donald Trump SUPERSIZE diet revealed: Can YOU out-eat the fast food president?
30/11/2017 – BBC Berkshire – talking about this story – about Kellogg’s cutting sugar in children’s cereals. (I’m on 1hr 23 mins in – no longer available.)
22/11/2017 – Talk Radio Europe – We can’t outrun a bad diet.
11/10/2017 – BBC Three Counties Radio (I’m on 1 hr 20 mins in – no longer available) and BBC London (I’m on 1 hr 50 mins in – no longer available) – talking about the latest childhood obesity figures in The Lancet, reported here.
21/8/2017 – LBC – The Clive Bull show – on this story about sedentary behaviour and the latest Public Health England release.
5/7/2017 – BBC Three Counties Radio – The JVS show (no longer available) – helping an obese listener, Glenn Phillips , to lose weight.
8/5/2017 – Two radio interviews on banning junk food ads before 9pm. Three Counties Radio – The Roberto Perrone show (no longer available) & BBC Berkshire – The Phil Kennedy show (no longer available).
4/5/2017 – Talk Radio Europe – The Professor Tim Noakes trial in South Africa & Running 1700km on fat! Available here.
30/3/2017 – Talk Radio Europe – South American tribe and heart disease. Available here.
8/3/2017 – Talk Radio Europe – talking all things health, diet, food and low carb Breckenridge conference. Available here.
8/2/2017 – BBC WM – The Danny Kelly show (no longer available) – on this story
23/1/2017 – BBC Tees – The John Foster show (no longer available) – on this story
20/1/2017 – Talk Radio Europe – The NHS in Wales. Available here.
3/1/2017 – Three Counties Radio – Diet drinks are not healthy
3/1/2017 – BBC Cymru – pre-recorded interview on a special programme on obesity
2016
30/12/2016 – BBC Radio London – The Nikki Bedi show (no longer available)
30/12/2016 – Heart FM Radio – Tips for dieting in the New Year
23/11/2016 – Radio 4 recording of “The role of livestock” (I start just before 36 mins in)
23/11/2016 – Daily Mail – Could you live off a diet of only fruit?
21/11/2016 – Radio Interviews on this five-a-day story. BBC 3 Counties radio 5.20pm; BBC Berkshire 6.20pm; LBC Clive Bull show 8.45pm.
11/11/2016 – Talk Radio Europe – Talking about the Professor Tim Noakes hearing. Available here.
3/11/2016 – BBC Hereford & Worcester – Low carb diets.
2/10/2016 – BBC Wales TV – Fat v Carbs documentary with Jamie Owen
15/9/2016 – Talk Radio Europe – Talking about the Lancet statin study. Available here.
14/9/2016 – Newstalk Radio Ireland, Moncrieff Show – Radio interview on this story.
29/8/2016 – Radio Berkshire – Radio interview on this story.
19/8/2016 – Talk Radio Europe – Talking about Brits lying about cal intake (allegedly).
18/8/2016 – BBC5Live – Radio interview on this story.
22/7/2016 – BJSM Blogs – Will whole grains make you live longer?
21/7/2016 – BBC Hereford & Worcester – Radio interview on this story.
27&29/6/2016 – More BBC Hereford & Worcester Radio interviews on latest diet and health news.
23/6/2016 – BBC Hereford & Worcester – Radio interview on this story.
14/6/2016 – The Telegraph – “Row erupts over claims Government’s healthy eating guide was ‘not scientifically tested‘”
14/6/2016 – BBC Radio Scotland interview (at 45 minutes – won’t be available after 14/7/2017)
14/6/2016 – Prima Magazine – “Healthy eating guidelines come under fire again.”
14/6/2016 – Herald Scotland – “Too many people with industry ties help determine official healthy eating advice, expert says.”
14/6/2016 – Daily Mail – “The Government’s carb-heavy healthy eating guide could be CAUSING obesity and type 2 diabetes, nutritionist claims.”
13/6/2016 – British Journal of Sports Medicine editorial: “Designed by the food industry for wealth, not health: the ‘Eatwell Guide’”
23/5/2016 – Interviews all day on the NOF/PHC report – reported here – BBC Radio London (Vanessa Feltz); BBC Radio Wales (Jason Mohammad); BBC Tees (Mike Parr); LBC (Clive Bull); The Mark Forrest show.
23/5/2016 – Talk Radio Europe. Real food & the PHC conference. Available here.
17/5/2016 – The Telegraph – Foods you’re most likely to overeat.
10/5/2016 – Bella Magazine – Curb your cravings.
9/5/2016 – BBC Radio WM (Adrian Goldberg) – The UK drop in bread sales.
5/5/2016 – BBC Solent talking about obesity generally.
3/5/2016 – BBC Radio WM talking about the Biggest Loser Story.
15/4/2016 – Radio shows on the Dolmio/Mars story: BBC London; BBC Solent; BBC Ulster; BBC Cumbria; BBC H&W; BBC WM; BBC 3CR; BBC Leicester; BBC Northampton; BBC Shropshire; BBC Merseyside; BBC Surrey; BBC Manchester; BBC Stoke; BBC Sheffield; BBC Coventry & Warwick; BBC Derby.
8/4/2016 – Talk Radio Europe – Talking about the latest obesity report in The Lancet.
17/3/2016 – Daily Mail – The new Eatwell Guide.
7/2/2016 – Mail on Sunday – Sugar-free fakers
15/1/2016 – Talk Radio Europe – US Dietary Guidelines. Available here.
2015
18/12/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – Eating tips over the festive season
27/11/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – Should we have a sugar tax?
1/11/2015 – Sunday Times – A rare misjudgement puts red meat on the black list
31/10/2015 – Mail on Sunday – The WHO red meat story – disgraceful
30/10/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – Talking about this post
27/10/2015 – BBC Radio Wales – Talking about this post
24/10/2015 – Ireland National Radio – The Business with Richard Curran – discussing Oprah Winfrey buying into Weight Watchers
24/10/2015 – Mail on Sunday – Just how much sugar can a healthy family eat?
20/9/2015 – Dr Mercola interview – What really caused the obesity epidemic?
20/9/2015 – Mail on Sunday – Bar Humbug – a review of ‘healthy’ snacks
8-14/9/2015 – My Weekly – Lose 7lb in 7 days! & case study: The Harcombe Diet saved me
7/9/2015 – BBC Radio Birmingham – Orthorexia
2/8/2015 – BBC London Sunny & Shay show – should benefits be cut for those who don’t lose weight?
15/7/2015 – Radio Tees – Diabetes
13/7/2015 – Hello magazine – Harcombe Diet 8 Top Recipes
12/7/2015 – LBC Radio – The SACN carbohydrate report – also in this blog
24/6/2015 – Presentation at the Torch Theatre Milford Haven
1/6/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – Does obesity cause cancer?
22/5/2015 – Victoria Derbyshire show BBC2 – Talking about Tesco & sugar reduction
15/5/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – High protein diets – blog here
8/5/2015 – ITV Tonight Programme – Eat fat, stay fit?
23/4/2015 – BBC Radio Tees – you can’t outrun a bad diet – story here
10/4/2015 – BBC Radio Tees – Obesity & Dementia – blog here
10/4/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – Things to takeaway from the takeaway study
13/3/2015 – BBC Radio Wales – Should we be giving children sweet treats?
13/3/2015 – Radio 4 – The truth about fat
14/3/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – The obesity epidemic is government funded. Available here.
13/3/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – Does a low fat diet increase body fat lost? – blog here
17-24/2/2015 – LCHF conference in South Africa
13/2/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – Our paper in BMJ Open Heart
15/2/2015 – The Sunday Times – Dietary advice tastes so much better with a pinch of salt
12/2/2015 – BBC Radio Wales – discussing the BMJ sugar investigation
11/2/2015 – The Metro – “Banish processed fats and never eat sugar for long life.”
11/2/2015 – Daily Mail – Janet Street Porter – I gave up the most glorious food on earth for a lie!
10/2/2015 – Daily Mail – Front Page: Butter isn’t bad for you after all
10/2/2015 – The Express – Front Page: Fat is key to living longer
10/2/2015 – The Independent – Dietary advice in the 1970s was a big fat mistake
10/2/2015 – The Times – Diet advice is not backed by evidence
10/2/2015 – Five Live Breakfast – Obesity researcher questions dietary guidelines
10/2/2015 – media madness! This paper was published in BMJ Open Heart and Zoe did interviews on the day for c. 15 local BBC stations; BBC News TV; ITV News; Radio 4 Today programme.
9/2/2015 – Time Magazine – Where dietary fat guidelines went wrong.
8/2/2015 – You Magazine – When does healthy eating become a disorder?
30/1/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – Liraglutide.
3/1/2015 – The Western Mail – “Lose the Christmas weight in a week”
2/1/2015 – Talk Radio Europe – NY weight loss tips
2/1/2015 – BBC Radio Tees – discussing the Katie Hopkins programme – blog here
2014
11/11/2014 – Talk Radio Europe – Carbohydrates
12/10/2014 – Sunday Times – Statins expert ‘failed to declare’ drugs firm link
24/9/2014 – Cape Talk Radio – The myth of 5-a-day
11/9/2014 – BBC5Live, Radio Tees & BBC 3 counties radio – Interviews about fat shaming
31/8/2014 – BBC London – Interview about hospital food
16/8/2014 – Talk Radio Europe – Diabetes and weight loss surgery
15/8/2014 – Interview with John Limpus – Cholesterol
1/8/2014 – Talk Radio Europe – The difficulty of being a parent in a sugar pushing world
30/7/2014 – BBCWM – Five-a-day story again!
13/7/2014 – The Independent on Sunday – Gastric bands are as useful as a plaster on a severed artery
27/6/2014 – Talk Radio Europe – Soft drinks & obesity
24/6/2014 – BBC London interview with Penny Smith & Paul Ross
30/5/2014 – The Guardian – Diets make us fat
28/5/2014 – BBC London – Interview about new obesity guidelines
23/5/2014 – Talk Radio Europe – Statins and cholesterol
May 2014 – Bodyfit – Beat cravings for good
2/4/2014 – The Times – The super foods guide
2/4/2014 – The Mirror – “Five Fruits and veg is a fairy story so seven-a-day is an April Fools.”
1/4/2014 – BBC Radio 4 PM with Eddie Mair – Interview about the 7-a-day story
1/4/2014 – Sky News – Interview about the 7-a-day story
1/4/2014 – BBC Coventry – Interview about the 7-a-day story
1/4/2014 – BBC5 Live – Interview about the 7-a-day story
2/3/2014 – You Magazine – Sugar: The Bitter Truth
February 2014 – Essentials – Diets that actually work!
16/2/2014 – Mail on Sunday, You Magazine. Case study of a Harcombe Diet follower
14/2/2014 – Capital Radio – The dangers of body builder supplements & protein shakes
5/2/2014 – BBC Tees – French chef tips on losing weight
2/2/2014 – You Magazine – The hairy hunk we’re all lusting after – coconut!
31/1/2014 – Talk Radio Europe – Swallowing gastric balloons
31/1/2014 – BBC London – Vanessa Feltz – Are we a nation of couch potatoes?
17/1/2014 – BBC Radio Wales – Is sugar really that bad?
16/1/2014 – Talk Radio Europe – Sugar under attack
13/1/2014 – BBC Radio Coventry – Is obesity worse than we thought?
11/1/2014 – Western Mail – The myths & rules of weight loss
2013
24/12/2013 – The Sun – Review of the 30 Day Blitz product for January
24/12/2013 – Real Radio – Tips for eating over Christmas without gaining weight
11/12/2013 – Talk Radio Europe – How to drink over Christmas without gaining weight
6/11/2013 – Real Radio – Should we tax soft drinks to curb obesity?
5/11/2013 – Bella – Shrink to fit – lose weight fast with the 30 Day Blitz
1/11/2013 – BBC Radio Wales – Should we tax soft drinks to curb obesity?
18/10/2013 – BBC Radio Wales – We can’t go on eating like this
20/8/2013 – BBC Radio Wales – Should 11-15 year olds be sent to Slimming World?
3/8/2013 – The Sun – Schools to tone down warnings for obese kids
July 2013 – Documentary filmed for Pasture TV – The Grass Diet
July/August 2013 – Women’s Health – Two calories – both alike in dignity (or are they?)
Summer 2013 – Optimum Nutrition – Q&A on obesity
16-22/7/2013 – My Weekly – Superfoods
16/7/2013 – BBC Radio Coventry – Are sweeteners unhealthy?
4/7/2013 – The Sun – The healthy foods that can make you fatter
1/7/2013 – Daily Mail – 30 Day Blitz
27/6/2013 – BBC Radio Coventry – BMA motion being tabled that day – should junk food be banned from hospitals?
11/6/2013 – Bella – Kick your sugar habit
June 2013 – Top Santé – The truth about calories
June 2013 – Essentials – The new health rules to follow now
29/5/2013 – Interview with Dr Renae Norton about overeating
27/5/2013 – Women’s Fitness Magazine – The fit girls guide to fat
14/5/2013 – Western Mail – I get angry with people who push sugary and floury foods
1/5/2013 – Your Healthy Living Magazine – All about Candida P36 of the May 2013 edition in archives
4/4/2013 – Daily Mail – New breakfast shake…
Spring 2013 – The Welsh Agenda – The Obesity Epidemic
Spring 2013 Mum’s mag.net – spring survival guide (p53&55) – End food cravings forever
28/3/2013 – BBC Radio Wales – Wynne Evans show – discussing the dairy article in the Mail
28/3/2013 – Daily Mail – Think a skinny latte will help you slim?
22/3/2013 – Scotland Evening Times – Study urges a return to food basics
15/3/2013 – Daily Mail – The drink that means you’ll never need to eat again
10/3/2013 – Sunday Express – Food myths busted
March 2013 – Top Santé – The Truth about Fat
17/2/2013 – Mail on Sunday You Magazine – The six diet mistakes that are making us fat
February 2013 – Women’s Fitness – Traffic Light Labeling debate – Zoe Harcombe arguing against traffic light labels. Full blog here
February 2013 – Junior Parenting magazine – should my child avoid red meat?
February 2013 – Marie Claire – 7 new health tactics that really work
February 2013 – Bodyfit – Quit cravings for good
10/2/2013 – BBC 1 The Big Questions – Should we tax to fight the flab?
29/01/2013 – Best Magazine – Stop overeating and get slim for life! (article to follow)
28/01/2013 – The Sun – Diet that cuts out cravings
23/01/2013 – Interview on Radio 5 Live about Anna Soubry’s comments about obesity and poverty
20/01/2013 – OK Extra Magazine – “Beat your cravings”
10/01/2013 – The Sun – How to resist cakes and crisps (view article)
10/01/2013 – Daily Mail – Why do we overeat? When all we want is to be slim
08/01/2013 – OK Magazine – Feature on Why do you overeat?
07/01/2013 – Interview on Radio 5 Live about two daft new year inventions – HAPIfork and a DIY stomach pump
07/01/2013 – The Metro – Review of Why do you overeat? (article to follow)
January 2013 – Prima – How much sugar does a jacket potato contain?
2012
19/12/2012 – The Express – “I lost 7 stone by eating healthily” (success story)
19/12/2012 – The Daily Star – “No new year diet for Ellen” (success story)
18/12/2012 – Daily Mail – “I can fit into skinny jeans” (success story)
11/12/2012 – Radio Interview with Maria McCann – WLR fm – on Why do you overeat?
10/12/2012 – Star magazine – Banish a stone by Christmas (article to follow)
21/11/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio – Why calorie counting doesn’t work
16/11/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio – Should we tax sugar? fat?
6/11/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio – Why is the media obsessed with weight?
1/12/2012 – The Western Mail – What drives us to overeat?
November/December 2012 – Healthy magazine – Is it time to stop worrying about cholesterol? (article to follow)
4/11/2012 – Sunday Times Style Magazine – Fat lot of good (article to follow)
18/10/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio – Is Jersey the last place in the British Isles with a healthy lifestyle?
3/10/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio – Dr William Davis, Wheat, BNF & bread
24/09/2012 – Interview on Good Morning Wales – Is feeding children junk food child abuse?
16/09/2012 – The Sunday People magazine – Ellen case study (article to follow)
11/09/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio – The Mediterranean Diet
September 2012 – GKR article on diabetes (article to follow)
September 2012 – Woman’s World – USA (article to follow)
September 2012 – Women’s Health – Q&A on organic food (article to follow)
September 2012 – GQ – Tips to overcome Insomnia (article to follow)
29/08/2012 – Daily Mail – Starve one day, then pig out the next! Is this the perfect diet?
26/08/2012 – Celebs on Sunday, Sunday Mirror (article to follow)
19/08/2012 – Mail on Sunday – Liz Jones grills diet doctor Pierre Dukan
17/08/2012 – Interview with Khalil Akhtar on CBC Radio Canada on the egg yolk and heart disease study
14/08/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm – The egg yolk and heart disease study
Summer 2012 – Prima Diet Special – Five days to a new you! (article to follow)
30/07/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio on Inactivity killing as many people as smoking (not!) (Podcast to follow)
12/07/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio on Olympic sponsors & obesity (Podcast to follow)
9/07/2012 – Newsnight “Ban junk food sponsors from Olympic sports”
3/07/2012 – The Times “Is the soya bean really a wonder-food?” by Peta Bee (article to follow)
24/06/2012 – Fabulous magazine – Trick your man hot! (article to follow)
22/06/2012 – Voice of Russia – radio debate on obesity
18/06/2012 – Star magazine – Diet myth (article to follow)
10/06/2012 – Independent on Sunday – The Deadly Legacy of America’s Fields of Gold
6/06/2012 – Interview with Jamie & Louise on BBC Radio Wales
1/06/2012 – The Sun – Man Plan diet No 1 (article to follow)
June 2012 – Essentials – Make over your midriff
June 2012 – Prima – Cholesterol Explained
30/05/2012 – Interview with Pippa Jones on italkfm radio – Five-a-day
22/05/2012 – Steve Wright in the afternoon
16/05/2012 – Talk Radio Europe –Bring back Butter
13/05/2012 – Mail on Sunday – Bring back butter!
06/05/2012 – Huffington Post – Steven Gerrard & Jamie Oliver join together to fight obesity
May 2012 issue of GKR Magazine – Losing Weight & Keeping it off
17/04/2012 – Radio 5 live – Interview about fruit juice story
15/04/2012 – The Observer – Demonise junk food for the sake of our children
27/03/2012 – Radio 5 live – Interview about chocolate story
26/03/2012 – BBC Radio Wales – Interview about food companies’ involvement in obesity
Spring 2012 – Pig & Poultry Marketing! The ‘Real’ Food Revolution!
14/02/2012 – BBC Wales TV – Wales’ Biggest Slimmer
05/02/2012 – Mail on Sunday – A choccy or two a day
14-20/1/2012 – Closer – TOWIE’s Jessica Wright does The Harcombe Diet
08/01/2012 – Mail on Sunday – Health Pages – Recommendation for Stop Counting Calories
Jan 2012 – Psychologies – Secrets of the ‘I’ll just have one’ women
Jan 2012 – Bodyfit – Lose 7lb in 10 days
Jan 2012 – Celebrity Diet Now Special – The Harcombe Diet tips
2011
29/12/2011 – Expatriate HealthCare: Parents should not use sweets as treats
23/12/2011 – Net Doctor: Parents urged not to give toddlers processed food
22/12/2011 – Best Magazine – Drop a dress size in just 5 days
22/12/2011 – BBC Radio Wales – Drive time – soda tax
18/12/2011 – Mail on Sunday – The Truth about Dried Fruit
5/12/2011 – Metro – Do superfoods work? Berry-ing the myth
December 2011 – Women’s Fitness magazine – Review of Stop Counting Calories & Start Losing Weight
19/11/2011 – Mail on Sunday – The Truth about Green Tea
16/11/2011 – The Harcombe Diet in The Evening Standard
8/11/2011 – Interview with Erin Chamerlik
7/11/2011 – Metro – Five-a-day
6/11/2011 – Mail on Sunday – What women really eat
3/11/2011 – Jamie & Louise BBC Radio Wales – with Mal Pope
3/11/2011 – The Sun – How cutting out wheat has beaten my arthritis
30/10/2011 – Mail on Sunday – The Truth about Chocolate
28/10/2011 – BBC Radio Wales Drive Time – should we have a fat tax?
24/10/2011 – Metro – Count carbs not calories
23/10/2011 – BBC Radio 4 – The Food Programme: The Calorie
22/10/2011 – Heat Magazine Has Christina’s yo-yo dieting ruined her body?
18/10/2011 – Daily Express – Comment in “The Ultimate Eating Plan”
17/10/2011 – Metro – Ditch the Wheat
16/10/2011 – Mail on Sunday – The Truth about Water
13/10/2011 – BBC News 24 – Live TV interview following the launch of England’s obesity strategy
October Health & Strength magazine The 5 A Day Myth: Examined
October Health & Fitness magazine The Harcombe Diet Dissected
4/10/2011 – Best magazine The Harcombe Diet for couples
1/10/11 – The Times Weekend Supplement – The kids with an unhealthy interest in food
25/9/2011 – Mail on Sunday – The Truth about Diet Drinks
23/9/2011 – Western Mail – Five-a-day rule rubbished by obesity researcher
22/9/2011 – Radio Interviews on the 20 year anniversary of five-a-day:
– BBC 5 Live
– BBC Radio Wales
– BBC Radio Berkshire
19/9/11 – Star Magazine – Book review of Stop Counting Calories & Start Losing Weight
17/9/2011 – Abergavenny Food Festival presentation and debate – Make Friends with Fats
8/9/2011 – Daily Mail – Why putting nutritional information on the menu won’t stop us eating fattening foods
4/9/2011 – Mail on Sunday – The Truth About Butter
3/9/2011 – GKR presentation – 10 Diet Myths
1/9/2011 – Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday – Jan Leeming
29/8/2011 – Daily Mail – Coconuts – the new ingredient
28/8/2011 – Sunday Mirror – Celebs on Sunday Reclaim your bikini body
27/8/2011 – Western Mail – No more Mr Fat Guy!
23/8/2011 – Western Mail – Lighten up your life
14/8/11 – Sunday Mirror – Celebs on Sunday Escape the fat trap forever
13/8/11 – BBC News 24 – Live TV Interview
August 2011 – Top Sante – 10 reasons to love your curves
August 2011 – Top Sante – Exploding the diet myth
03/08/11 – Interview with Nancy Desjardins
17/7/11 – Mail on Sunday – You Magazine Things you didn’t know about obesity
25/06/11 – Western Mail – A bloke’s guide to kicking fat into touch
25/07/11 – Daily Mail – Losing Weight by breathing? Fat chance
July 2011 – Top Sante – Is exercise making you fat?
11/07/11 – Daily Mail – Is your shampoo making you fat?
07/07/11 – Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday – Arabella Weir
23/06/11 – Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday – Paula Radcliffe
09/06/11 – Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday – Sally Gunnell
06/06/11 – Russian PR book launch interview
31/05/11 – Bella – When Bad foods turn Good
30/05/11 – Daily Mail – The Vitamin-Aholics
24/05/11 – BBC Wales Jamie & Louise show – Cravings & Food addiction – Interview posted soon
23/05/11 – Daily Mail – Sky-high beauty: First-class tips on how to look as immaculate as Cheryl Cole and Victoria Beckham in arrivals
01/05/11 – Mail on Sunday “Review” – “Why we crave sugary snacks and not fruit and veg”
May 2011 – SHE Magazine – Get fab abs now
27/04/11 – The Pharmaceutical Journal – How healthy eating may have contributed to the obesity epidemic
09/04/11 – Western Mail – The five-a-day rule – fact or fiction
07/04/11 – Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday – Amanda Lamb
29/03/11 – Bella – Go fish
22/03/11 – Independent – Is five a day enough?
13/03/11 – Fabulous (News of the World magazine) –The diets that are making you fat
5-11/03/11 – Heat Magazine The week bodies went extreme
March 2011 – Psychologies – The most important meal of the day
28/02/11 – Interview on Underground Wellness Radio Show
17/02/11 – Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday – Julia Bradbury
01/02/11 – Independent – Breakfast – the best way to start the day
31/01/11 – Daily Mail – One woman’s snacking diary
25/01/11 – BBC Wales Jamie & Louise show
24/01/11 – Talk Sport Radio – Interview on five-a-day
24/01/11 – Daily Mail – This cynical 5-a-day myth
13/01/11 – Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday – Gabby Logan
10/01/11 – Daily Mail – The Breakfast of Champions?
02/01/11 – News of the World – Fabulous magazine – The Thin Commandments
2010
16/12/10 – Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday – Tasmin Khan
28/11/10 – Sunday Mirror Celebs Magazine
25/11/10 – BBC Newsnight interview on the forthcoming public health white paper. Available on iplayer until 2nd December.
23/11/10 – Wild 104 New York radio – interviewed by Louie G.
16/11/10 – The Epoch Times – The Obesity Epidemic: What caused it? How can we stop it?
15/11/10 – Fox & Friends – live TV broadcast
December 2010 – Essentials magazine Get me into a LBD
07/11/10 New York Post – Exercise & dieting big fat lies.
04/11/10 BBC Radio Scotland – MacAulay and Co
03/11/10 Newstalk Radio Ireland – The Sean Moncrieff Show
02/11/10 Australian Sunrise TV programme – Busting Food Myths (They clearly hadn’t seen a copy of the book, so we can forgive them not knowing what the book actually says!)
02/11/10 Greek National Newspaper: Οκτώ διατροφικοί μύθοι για την παχυσαρκία (Ditto into Greek)
02/11/10 Unica.ro – Tot ce stiai despre alimentatie este gresit (The Daily Mail article translated into Romanian, we assume!)
02/11/10 Prisonplanet.com – Government Propaganda Fueled The Obesity Epidemic
02/11/10 Bild.de – Fünfmal am Tag Obst und Gemüse ist Unsinn! (The Daily Mail article translated into German, we assume!)
02/11/10 4FM Radio – David Harvey show
02/11/10 South African Star! – Everything you think you know about food is wrong
01/11/10 BBC Radio Wales – Interview on Weight Watchers new points system
01/11/10 Daily Mail – Everything you thought you knew about food is wrong View article
31/10/10 Sunday Express – Diet gurus call time on calorie counting
30/10/10 Tribune Magazine – Fattening the pockets of the food industry
25/10/10 Bay of Plenty Times (NZ) – Choose to lose and forget calories
18/10/10 Grazia – Watch out! I’m the office feeder
12/10/10 Western Mail – You can diet with real food
05/10/10 Western Mail – The new diet rules
30/09/10 Daily mail – What I ate yesterday, Penny Smith
24/09/10 Huffington Post – America: A Big, Fat, Stupid Nation
23/09/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Laila Rouass
09/09/10 Daily mail – What I ate yesterday, Judy Finnigan
07/09/10 BBC Radio Wales, Jamie & Louise show – Listen to broadcast
02/09/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Camilla Dallerup
19/08/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Lorraine Kelly
19/08/10 Daily Mirror – Supersize snacks deals as bad as happy hour booze offers
17/08/10 Bella – Small changes = big weight loss
16/08/10 Western Mail – How come obesity is such a problem?
12/08/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Denise Lewis; Daily Mail article.
05/08/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Carol Vorderman
29/07/10 The Sun – Cut calories and the body will fight it all the way
26/07/10 Daily Mail – Is calorie counting a big fat con?
22/07/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Sheila Hancock
15/07/10 Daily Mail- What I ate yesterday, Lulu
08/07/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Arlene Phillips
29/06/10 Daily Mail – Attack on snacks
25/06/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Gail Porter
10/06/10 Daily Mail – What I ate yesterday, Flavia Cacace
15/05/10 Heat Magazine – Posh seizes control over David’s life
08/05/10 Heat Magazine – Jessica hooked on coconut water
12/04/10 Daily Express – 8 ways to boost your vitality
04/-4/10 The Sunday Times – A dieter’s dilemma
03/04/10 Western Mail – A weighty issue
April 10 Cosmopolitan – Combat your cravings
04/03/10 Heat Magazine – You can’t maintain being this skinny
04/03/10 Daily Mail – Reader Outfit
16/02/10 Bella Magazine – Cut calorie counting; start losing weight
09/02/10 KCTE Kansas City Radio – interviewed by Rob Kingsbury – Listen to broadcast
06/02/10 WTAN. Tampa, Florida Radio – interviewed by Brenda & Rita
04/02/10 WLW Cincinnati, Ohio Radio – interviewed by Eddie & Tracy
04/02/10 KTAR Phoenix, Arizona Radio – interviewed by Jeremy Foster
04/02/10 Issues Today Radio, Los Angeles Radio – interviewed by Bob Gourley
04/02/10 The Frankie Boyer Show Radio – Boston – interviewed by Frankie Boyer
04/02/10 WBAP Dallas, Texas Radio – interviewed by Hal, Brian & Amy
31/01/10 WBT Charlotte, NC Radio – interviewed by Don Russell
28/01/10 WBIG Chicago Radio – interviewed by Brian Felsten in Chicago
27/01/10 WBAL Balitmore Radio – interviewed by Shari Elliker in Baltimore – Listen to broadcast
26/01/10 The Independent Newspaper – Report on Childhood Obesity
25/01/10 Star – Hannah Waterman’s weight loss
11/01/10 NOW magazine – Beat Cravings for Good
08/01/10 Daily Express – My one secret to losing weight
08/01/10 BBC Radio Somerset – Listen to broadcast
08/01/10 BBC Radio Bristol – Listen to broadcast
07/01/10 Swansea Sound – Listen to broadcast
05/01/10 BBC Radio Norfolk – Listen to broadcast
04/01/10 BBC Radio Shropshire – Listen to broadcast
04/01/10 BBC Radio Guernsey – Listen to broadcast
04/01/10 BBC Radio Tees – Listen to broadcast
04/01/10 NEW magazine – The Festive food survival guide
Jan/Feb 10 – Celebrity Diet Now – Stop yo-yo dieting forever
2009
29/12/09 BBC Radio Manchester – Listen to broadcast
19/12/09 The Daily Telegraph – Partying hard not worth the weight
07/12/09 Star Magazine – The 7-day little black dress diet
06/12/09 Celebs Magazine – How to survive Xmas without putting on a stone
16/11/09 Woman’s Own – Dawn’s health risk
11/11/09 BBC Radio Wales – Listen to broadcast
10/11/09 South Wales Argus – Zoe’s diet tops Amazon bestsellers
10/11/09 Best Magazine – Lose up to 10lb in 7 days
26/10/09 Star – Meet the shrinking celebs
17/10/09 My Weekly – A little of what you fancy
12/10/09 Star – How Nicole loses her baby weight
Oct 09 Zest Magazine – Ask our experts
08/09/09 Bella Magazine – Extreme celebrity diets
07/09/09 Woman magazine – Shift those summer pounds
Sept 09 Woman – Be a slimmer shopper
Sept 09 Healthy – 3 ways to treat thrush
Sept/09 SHE – Drop a dress size in a week – And the on line article
Sept/09 Glamour – What do magazine staff really eat?
Sept/09 Perfect Wedding – Lose 5lbs in 5 Days
26/09/09 The Herald – Keeping it balanced
19/09/09 The Herald – Five Day Wonder
01/09/09 OK! – The seven-day bikini diet
01/09/09 Kindred Spirit – Carbohydrates. Good, bad or ugly
19/08/09 The London Paper – Best selling veggie cook books
18/08/09 Bella Magazine – Looking Strictly Younger
09/08/09 Celebs Magazine (Sunday Mirror) – Summer Diet Pitfalls
02/08/09 Sunday Star – Diet Myths Busted
August 09 Slim at Home – Expert comment on eating habits and children
July 2009 – MENSA Magazine – The Big Lifestyle Issue
26/07/09 Sunday Mirror – 5 Day Bikini Blitz Diet
11/07/09 Western Mail – Holiday Book Feature
11/07/09 Heat Magazine – Mischa out of control
09/07/09 Westside Radio – radio feature and interview on The Harcombe Diet
07/07/09 Heat Magazine – Expert comment on Mischa Barton yo-yo dieting
30/06/09 Beacon Radio – Diet Updates. Listen to broadcast
28/06/09 Wales on Sunday – Bikini Diet Feature
27/06/09 Heat Magazine – Kerry Katona world exclusive
19/06/09 Beacon Radio – Summer tips. Listen to broadcast
14/06/09 Sunday Mirror – Get ready for summer
14/06/09 Celebs Magazine (News of The World) – Countdown To The Beach
June 09 Health & Fitness – Healthy BBQ tips
June 2009 Women’s Fitness Magazine – The Dangers of Dieting.
14/06/09 Sunday Mirror – Celebs on Sunday – Countdown to the beach.
07/06/09 Fabulousmag.co.uk – Feature, competition and chat room on The Harcombe Diet
07/06/09 News of the World – Fabulous Magazine – 5 Day Bikini Panic Diet
05/06/09 Heat Magazine – Young and curvy vs old and skinny.
04/06/09 Beacon Radio – Exercise will not help you lose weight. Listen to broadcast
01/06/09 Handbag.com The Harcombe Diet book in top 10 best buys
June 09 Cosmopolitan Expert Comment on holiday diet, Your Sexy Summer Masterclass
26/05/09 Woman – Expert comment feature on emotional eating and break ups
19/05/09 Bella – Gillian Taylforth diet plan and expert comment
15/05/09 Handbag.com – 10 day Summer Diet Plan
March 2009 – Bella Magazine – Star Diet
25/03/09 South Wales Argus – A Martian’s Guide to Slimming
March 2009 – Good Housekeeping Magazine. Good Health – Emotional Eating
February 2009 – Psychologies Magazine – 8 Ways to Sabotage our Weight Loss.
31/01/09 Closer Magazine – Are Detoxes Worth the Cash?
2008
15/12/08 Monday – BBC Radio Wales – CBT as a treatment for Bulimia. Listen to broadcast
15/08/08 Friday – Western Mail –