Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Children's Health Newsletter Obesity Other Foods 

Ban takeaways near schools says Salford council

June 3, 2013June 4, 2019 Zoë 15 Comments childhood obesity, Coca-Cola, processed food, school lunches, takeaways

Late on Wed 29th May a story broke in the world of obesity. I know that it was late breaking

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Media Watch Newsletter Obesity Other Diets & Books Women's Health 

Was the genetics programme about genetics?

May 28, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments BMI, calories, eat less do more, genetics, 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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Media Watch Public Health Red Meat 

Horsemeat Scandal – What’s all the fuss about?

February 10, 2013July 1, 2016 Zoë 20 Comments eat real food, food standards agency, fsa, horsemeat scandal, processed food, red meat, Tesco burgers

The UK is in the midst of a horsemeat scandal. The jokes are set to run and run (ha ha)

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Calories Media Watch Men's Health Other Diets & Books 

Men’s Health and Eat this, Not that – bad science at its worst!

January 11, 2012October 18, 2018 Zoë 9 Comments calorie theory, eat real food, eat this not that, how to lose weight, men's health, processed food, weight loss

“Swap cheddar for edam and Snickers for Flakes and you could lose two stone in a year” screamed the Daily

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Conferences Macronutrients Obesity Videos 

Make Friends With Fats

September 19, 2011October 18, 2018 Zoë 6 Comments dietary fat, fat, Obesity, processed food, saturated fat, the seven countries study, unsaturated fat

Here is the full presentation that I did at The Abergavenny Food Festival on Saturday, 17th September. And you can

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Food Companies Other Foods 

Kellogg’s Special K Mini Breaks

February 22, 2010August 3, 2016 Zoë 4 Comments calories, chocolate, kellogg's, Mini Breaks, processed food, special k

I saw a full page advert in a Sunday supplement magazine yesterday for Special K Mini Breaks – Chocolate variety.

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Media Watch Other Diets & Books 

NOTW Problem page: How to put on weight

July 19, 2009July 1, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments carbohydrates, dietician, dietitian, eatbadly plate, eatwell plate, processed food

I noticed this little gem, flicking through the News of the World last weekend. On the problem page, a guy

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Children's Health Media Watch Obesity 

Letting fat children eat junk food is child abuse

July 11, 2009July 31, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments childhood obesity, jamie oliver, parents, processed food

This was a brilliant lead column by Amanda Platell in the Daily Mail in response to the Jamie Oliver initiative

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Calories Children's Health Exercise Obesity 

Blame the junk food – Bad diet, not lack of exercise, is behind child obesity crisis

March 14, 2007July 25, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments calorie burning, childhood obesity, exercise, processed food

A verbatim extract from the article: “Poor nutrition is the cause of obesity in children, not lack of physical exercise,

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