Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

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Food in the Canary Islands

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments canary islands, cheese, fish, meat, member, Obesity

A few years ago we fell in love with the Canary Islands. There are seven islands – in order or

Children's Health Newsletter Obesity

Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall & Childhood Obesity

May 7, 2018May 8, 2018 Zoë 16 Comments childhood obesity, fat, jamie oliver, Obesity, salt, sugar

Two chefs have been all over the news in the UK for the past week. Jamie Oliver is probably fairly

Newsletter Obesity

Gary Taubes in London

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments calorie formula, calorie theory, low carb diet, low fat diet, member, Obesity

Gary Taubes (GT) has been in London, over the weekend of 17-18 March 2018, doing a marathon six hour presentation

Diabetes Newsletter Obesity

Type 2 diabetes WILL get worse without lifestyle change

January 15, 2018January 16, 2018 Zoë 0 Comments epidemiology, member, Obesity, type 2 diabetes

We’re returning to the omnipresent topic of type 2 diabetes this week because there was a study published on 11th

Newsletter Public Health

Review of 2017

December 31, 2017January 16, 2018 Zoë 4 Comments 3500 calories, 5-a-day, carbohydrates, cocoa, coffee, Crohn's, dairy, Diabetes, epidemiology, fasting, heart disease, Keys, milk, Obesity, PREDIMED, Professor Tim Noakes, red meat, sedentary behaviour, seven countries study, soy, sugar

These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January The Case Against Sugar. A review of

Newsletter Other Diets & Books

Dieting? Take a break

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 Zoë 4 Comments calorie controlled diets, member, Obesity, randomised control trial

An interesting Australian study was published on September 19th 2017. The full article can be seen here. The research was

Calories Newsletter Obesity

Kekwick & Pawan: is a calorie a calorie?

May 22, 2017June 3, 2020 Zoë 4 Comments calories, kekwick, member, Obesity, pawan, the lancet

I was hoping that this week’s note would report breakthroughs from the European Congress on Obesity, which was held in

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, 2017May 4, 2022 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

Newsletter Obesity Public Health

Will Trump tackle obesity?

January 23, 2017January 30, 2017 Zoë 1 Comment Donald Trump, Let's Move, member, Michele Obama, Obesity

Apart from the 44th president’s struggle to stay away from cigarettes, Barack and Michelle Obama were a healthy couple. They

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