Zoë Harcombe

Obesity Researcher, Author The Harcombe Diet

Zoë Harcombe

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Public Health England

Conflicts of Interest Obesity 

Britain needs to go on a diet says Public Health England

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 Zoë 8 Comments 3500 calorie theory, calorie controlled diets, public health dietary advice, Public Health England

Back in October 2011, England announced a new obesity ‘strategy’. I blogged on it here. The three key proposals were:

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Exercise Newsletter 

Sedentary behaviour

August 28, 2017August 28, 2017 Zoë 8 Comments exercise, member, Public Health England

Humans beings have survived thus far because we have managed to acquire at least as much energy as we have

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Academic Research Public Health 

Designed by the food industry for wealth, not health: the ‘Eatwell Guide’

July 19, 2017January 13, 2018 Zoë 7 Comments eatwell guide, eatwell plate, Public Health England

After a year, I am allowed to publish BJSM articles on my site, so here is my editorial on the

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Conflicts of Interest Food Companies Newsletter Public Health 

Eatwell Guide – conflicts of interest

March 20, 2016January 13, 2018 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 Public Health Sugar 

Change4Life Sugar Swaps

January 12, 2015August 18, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments carbohydrates, change4life, fructose, glucose, honey, member, Public Health England, sugar

Last week sugar was back in the news. Two aspects, of the same misunderstanding, caught my attention… The first was

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Macronutrients Newsletter Public Health Sugar 

Sugar not saturated fat is the major issue

October 28, 2013August 3, 2016 Zoë 0 Comments dietary fat, member, Public Health England, saturated fat, sugar

You can’t have failed to miss the big diet and health story from last week -Dr Aseem Malhotra’s article in

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Public Health 

The White Paper on Public Health (Andrew Lansley)

November 30, 2010July 1, 2016 Zoë 9 Comments Andrew Lansley, Department of Health, fizzy drinks, Obesity, public health, Public Health England, white paper

The long awaited White Paper on public health has been published (30/11/2010). As someone working exclusively in the field of

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