Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Conflicts of Interest Food Companies Newsletter Public Health 

Eatwell Guide – conflicts of interest

March 20, 2016April 25, 2022 Zoë 26 Comments conflict of interest, eatbadly guide, eatbadly plate, eatwell guide, eatwell plate, Public Health England

The new ‘eatwell’ guide, no longer a plate, was issued on March 16th 2016. This is my view of that

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Calories Conflicts of Interest Newsletter Public Health 

Eatwell Guide

March 17, 2016July 8, 2018 Zoë 48 Comments eatbadly plate, eatwell guide, eatwell plate, Public Health England

The origin of the ‘eatwell’ plate (Throughout this post, the plate/guide will either be called ‘eatwell’ in inverted commas, to

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Children's Health Newsletter Obesity 

BMI – from adults to children

February 15, 2016September 4, 2019 Zoë 0 Comments BMI, Children, eatbadly plate, National Child Measurement Programme

Body Mass Index (BMI) has been in the news recently. I’ve picked out two stories from the past fortnight on

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Diabetes Public Health 

Diet advice for diabetics

November 14, 2015July 31, 2016 Zoë 46 Comments Diabetes, dietary guidelines, eat real food, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, food groups, fructose, fruit, glucose, low carb diet, sugar, world diabetes day

Nina Teicholz shared an interesting anecdote with me recently. She had watched a public meeting where a senior figure involved

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Children's Health Conflicts of Interest Food Companies Newsletter Sugar 

The British Nutrition Foundation, Food Giants and our Children

June 1, 2015July 25, 2016 Zoë 47 Comments BNF, british nutrition foundation, Coca-Cola, eat real food, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, fake food, fruit, school curriculum, school nutrition advice, starchy foods

We had dinner with friends recently – the proud parents of 11 and 13 year old boys. Mum could not

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Macronutrients Micronutrients Public Health 

Food Groups

May 31, 2015August 21, 2016 Zoë 11 Comments beans, dairy, eat real food, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, eggs, fish, food group classification, food groups, fruit, grains, legumes, meat, my plate, nuts, pulses, seeds, vegetables

There must be something about the number five and public health dietary advice. First the myth of five-a-day, then five

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Calories Newsletter Obesity Public Health 

NHS England: CEO Simon Stevens is right and wrong

October 27, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments eat less do more, eatbadly plate, member, NHS, Obesity, public health

This time last year, Simon Stevens was appointed Chief Executive of NHS England. His tenure started on 1st April 2014.

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Newsletter Other Diets & Books Other Foods Public Health 

New standards for hospital food, but will they make any difference?

September 1, 2014August 21, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments dietary guidelines, eatbadly plate, hospital food, member, NHS

We had just landed back at Bristol on Friday morning when Sky news called to ask if I would be

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Macronutrients Media Watch Micronutrients Newsletter Public Health 

Removing cola from the eatbadly plate does not make it eatwell!

April 21, 2014August 2, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments Balance of good health plate, carbohydrates, Coca-Cola, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, fat, food groups, member, starchy foods

I can claim to have inspired this week’s story, but certainly not the outcome. The newsletter of 5th January 2014

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Calories Conferences Heart Disease Macronutrients Newsletter 

What Dr Briffa and I got up to at the ION Conference

July 22, 2013October 18, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments Cholesterol, eatbadly plate, LDL, member, statins, weight loss

I was delighted to be approached (a few months ago) to speak at a conference on obesity being arranged by

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