Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Children's Health Newsletter

New rules on junk food advertising to children

July 3, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 1 Comment advertising standards authority, ASA, CAP, Children, fake food, The Codes for Advertising Practice, The Committees for Advertising Practice

On 1st July 2017, “tough” new rules came into effect banning junk food advertising across all children’s media – including

Academic Research Calories Obesity Public Health

What the US eats

February 6, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 7 Comments Butter, cereal, fake food, Family Food Survey, Obesity, real food, sugar, vegetable oils

This post goes hand in hand with this one on UK food intake. I’ve looked at UK and US food

Academic Research Calories Newsletter Public Health

What the UK eats (2014)

February 6, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments cereal, fake food, Family Food Survey, Obesity, real food, sugar, what the UK eats

A comprehensive survey detailing what UK people eat has been available since 1940. It was called the National Food Survey from 1940

Academic Research Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015

January 11, 2016January 13, 2018 Zoë 22 Comments Alcohol, carbohydrates, Cholesterol, dietary fat, dietary guidelines, dietary guidelines for americans, eat real food, fake food, fruit, Obesity, salt, saturated fat, sugar, weight

Did you know that, until the final quarter of the twentieth century, public health dietary advice in the US and

Academic Research Cancer Newsletter Public Health Red Meat

World Health Organisation, meat & cancer

October 26, 2015July 25, 2016 Zoë 167 Comments bacon, bowel cancer, cancer, Coca-Cola, eat real food, essential fats, fake food, meat, processed meat, red meat, sausages, WHO, world health organisation

Today, 26th October 2015, the World Health Organisation declared the consumption of red meat as “probably carcinogenic to humans, based

Conflicts of Interest Exercise Food Companies Newsletter Sugar

Coca-cola, exercise & conflicts

August 24, 2015July 31, 2016 Zoë 29 Comments BNF, british nutrition foundation, calories, Coca-Cola, conflict of interest, exercise, fake food, Global Energy Balance Network, Obesity, SACN, Scientific Advisory Commitee on Nutrition

The last couple of weeks have seen Coca-Cola in the news quite a bit. Coca-Cola has been having a tough

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

Academic Research Exercise Newsletter

You cannot outrun a bad diet

April 27, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments cardiovascular disease, Coca-Cola, eat less do more, exercise, fake food, member, NICE, Obesity

Three of the people, with whom I was honoured to share a platform at the February 2015 South African conference,

Academic Research Calories Obesity Public Health

What the UK eats (2012)

March 30, 2014February 4, 2017 Zoë 12 Comments cereal, fake food, Family Food Survey, Obesity, real food, sugar, what the UK eats

A comprehensive survey detailing what UK people eat has been available since 1940. It was called the National Food Survey

Academic Research Calories Newsletter Obesity Public Health

What the UK eats (2011)

November 25, 2013February 7, 2017 Zoë 0 Comments cereal, fake food, Family Food Survey, member, real food, sugar. what the UK eats

I nearly went with the American cholesterol guidelines as the story this week, but decided that would be bad for

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