Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Was it National Obesity week last week?

June 2, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments bariatric surgery, BMI, childhood obesity, member, NICE, Obesity

It’s lovely to be back on home turf of obesity and what a week it was for people interested in

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Fancy swallowing a gastric balloon?

January 27, 2014August 2, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments BMI, gastric balloon, member, Obesity, side-effects

Gastric balloons were the big story last week. I was just setting off for a couple of days away (January

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Was the genetics programme about genetics?

May 28, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments BMI, calories, eat less do more, genetics, member, processed food

On Thursday 23rd May (2013), Channel 4 aired a programme called “Fat Family Tree”. It had good PR coverage the

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Malta – the unhealthy Mediterranean island

April 29, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments BMI, Europe, exercise, malta, member, Obesity

This media update is coming from sunny Malta. Andy and I are over here sneaking a week’s holiday before the

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Can Atkins diet raise heart attack risk for women?

June 28, 2012August 21, 2016 Zoë 18 Comments atkins, BMI, BMJ, cardiovascular disease, Dukan diet, essential fats, exercise, heart disease, height, low carb diet, low carb high protein, smoking

So screamed the headlines on Wednesday 27th June 2012. This was the full article in the BMJ, which was behind

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Chocolate ‘may help keep people slim’ (not)!

March 28, 2012July 31, 2016 Zoë 6 Comments BMI, chocolate, cocoa

On Tuesday 27th March 2012 the headlines started “Chocolate ‘may help keep people slim‘” announced the BBC. The Independent headline

NHS Slimming operations have doubled in one year

October 10, 2009August 2, 2016 Zoë 2 Comments bariatric surgery, BMI, NHS, NICE, Obesity, operations, slimming, surgery

Official figures show that there were 4,619 bariatric surgery operations in England in 2008 – a 51% increase on the

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