Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Diabetes Public Health

SACN report on lowER carb diets for T2D

June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 Zoë 6 Comments Obesity, overweight, SACN, type 2 diabetes

Executive Summary * In March 2020, SACN, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee for Nutrition, invited submissions for a consultation about

Newsletter Other Diets & Books Public Health

Bariatric surgery 10 years on

May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments bariatric surgery, member, Obesity

Executive Summary * A study was published in March 2021, which explored, in depth, patients’ experiences of living with a

Newsletter Obesity

Do we need to pay people to lose weight?

March 29, 2021March 28, 2021 Zoë 1 Comment 3500 calorie theory, member, Obesity

Executive Summary * A ‘new’ scheme has been launched in the UK to help people to lose weight and/or maintain

Medications Newsletter

Semaglutide & weight loss

March 1, 2021March 2, 2021 Zoë 6 Comments drug companies, member, Obesity, type 2 diabetes

Executive Summary Please login to view this content Introduction An obesity drug remains one of the biggest opportunities for pharmaceutical

Exercise Newsletter

The ‘Fat but fit’ debate

February 15, 2021February 18, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments Diabetes, exercise, hypertension, member, Obesity

Executive summary * A study was published on January 22nd, 2021 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. * It

Diet & Weight Newsletter

Men & women & dieting

January 25, 2021January 29, 2021 Zoë 8 Comments low carb diet, low fat diet, member, Obesity, weight loss

Executive summary * An article was published from the US DIETFITS study. This study randomised 609 men and women to

Review of 2020

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Zoë 0 Comments anxiety, bone fractures, British Heart Foundation, calories, carnivore diet, Cochrane, coconut oil, conflicts of interest, COVID-19, dietary fat, dietary guidelines for americans, DiRECT, eatwell guide, familial hypercholesterolemia, fat shaming, HDL, high protein diets, inclisiran, intermittent fasting, keto diets, kidney disease, LDL, LDL-cholesterol, lockdowns, low carb, low fat, mortality, Obesity, PCSK9s, SACN, SAGE, saturated fat, social distancing, statins, time restricted eating, TMAO, type 2 diabetes, vegan diets, Veganuary, Virta, vitamin D

January Is veganuary healthy? Veganuary was launched in the UK in 2014. The number one reason given by people for

Newsletter Obesity

Essay on The Obesity Epidemic

November 16, 2020November 23, 2020 Zoë 9 Comments calorie theory, carbohydrates, dietary fat, member, Obesity, thermodynamics

Introduction Back in 2019, I was invited to contribute an article to an academic book on obesity, which was to

Newsletter Public Health

Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020

July 27, 2020August 3, 2020 Zoë 2 Comments carbohydrate, dietary guidelines for americans, fat, Obesity, saturated fat

Executive Summary * The Scientific Report for the 2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has just been published. This is the

Newsletter Obesity

Fat shaming or life saving

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Zoë 9 Comments COVID-19, fat shaming, Obesity

Introduction In February 2004, HTV Wales made a discussion programme about obesity. They hosted a dozen people with many different

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Plant-based diets & COVID-19
SACN report on lowER carb diets for T2D
A healthy vegetarian diet
Bariatric surgery 10 years on
Do we have a weight set point?
Bad diets, heart disease & deaths
Transmission of Covid-19 post vaccination
Should Low Carb be High Fat or High Protein?
Anorexia – in memory of Nikki Grahame
Meat & disease – again!
Risk factors for women & heart disease
Do we need to pay people to lose weight?
The evidence behind five-a-day
How much fruit & veg is optimal?
DIETFITS – who did best?

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