Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Motivation Newsletter

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

Children's Health Food Companies Newsletter Other Foods

Children ordering takeaways to school

June 27, 2016August 15, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, Children, food labelling, member, takeaways

On Thursday 23rd June 2016, some newspapers reported that “one in four children have ordered a takeaway to be delivered

Academic Research Sugar

Sugar the evidence

January 19, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 25 Comments addiction, cardiovascular disease, Cochrane, conflict of interest, fizzy drinks, Obesity, sugar, sugar sweetened, sugar the evidence, sweetener, tooth decay

Just as this page documents recent academic articles questioning current dietary advice, so this page documents recent academic articles about

Eating Disorders Newsletter Obesity Women's Health

Britain’s fattest man & anorexia

June 29, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, anorexia, member, Obesity

Carl Thompson died on Sunday 21st June 2015. He had the unfortunate distinction of being known as “Britain’s fattest man”.

Children's Health Eating Disorders Newsletter Obesity

Georgia Davis May 2015 update

May 4, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, calorie deficit, childhood obesity, georgia davis, member, overeating

I was wondering recently how Georgia Davis was doing, as she hadn’t popped up in The Sun for a while

Calories Newsletter Other Diets & Books

How did The Harcombe Diet® come about?

May 7, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, candida, eat real food, food intolerance, hypoglycaemia, member, The Harcombe Diet, weight loss

We have a book launch with Hodder & Stoughton this Thursday 9th May (2013). The Harcombe Diet 3-Step Plan is

Children's Health Newsletter Obesity

Britain’s fattest teenager fights for her life

April 8, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, calorie deficit, eatbadly plate, georgia davis, member, Wales

One of the weekly notes from May 2012 was called “Britain’s fattest teenager & worst mother?” It was about the

Eating Disorders Sugar

Sugar – how quickly can we get hooked?

January 16, 2010July 1, 2016 Zoë 7 Comments addiction, chocolate, john yudkin, sugar

I had an interesting experience over the festive season: I helped someone with an employment law case (I used to

Exercise can be as addictive as heroin

August 19, 2009July 25, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments addiction, anorexia, bulimia, exercise

This was a very brief article about a report from neuroscientists at Boston University. The researchers found that exercise ‘junkies’

More Articles

A story about weight loss
A short story about a library book
Does exercise improve the effectiveness of COVID vaccination?
Gas stoves & childhood asthma in the US
Drink more & live longer?
Does not having a COVID jab increase your risk of a traffic crash?
Review of 2022
Top tips for festive eating
Does intermittent fasting raise the risk of early death?
Can governments nudge away obesity?
The only diet to have reversed heart disease?
Saturated fat – an end to the myth?
Diabetes Unpacked
TRE, HIIT and HbA1c
Does meat cause CVD & T2D?

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