10 Things you should know about losing weight
One of my Facebook Fans mentioned this programme, so I have posted my notes from the BBC programme for others who may be interested (quotation marks indicate direct quotes from the programme –...
View ArticleThe Calorie theory is everywhere, and wrong
I keep a pile of newspaper articles to blog when I get 5 minutes. I kept one from 28 September about a book written by Brian Wansink – something like “Why we eat more than we think.” Strategy number 1...
View Article“Surgery is better than dieting, says conflicted doctor”
I often write about conflict of interest and advise that we should all read articles with the approach – who stands to gain from this article? The Sunday Times printed a story on the front page on 12...
View ArticleUK Women are the “World’s Worst Dieters”
This story was in the Daily Mail December 22 2010. The headline says “World’s Worst Dieters” but the article is only talking about women, so we need to be fair to men here. SPA Future Thinking, a...
View ArticleCalories, Energy Balance, Thermodynamics & Weight Loss
… “Things we’ve got wronger than a very wrong thing”! As the brilliant Dr Malcolm Kendrick would say – and Black-adder before him! Why do we say “eat less/do more”? Does it work? What do the laws of...
View ArticleJust cut fat to cut fat?!
An article was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Thursday 6th December 2012. It led to a few articles in the media on Friday 7th December. The BMJ article was called: “Effect of...
View ArticleThe 2 day diet
The Michael Mosley August 2012 Horizon programme started a significant interest in intermittent fasting. As my special report (free) explains here, the programme looked at a number of different...
View ArticleThe Honey Diet
There are a number of new diet books out this New Year, as would be expected. The Honey Diet has already been the subject of a feature in the Daily Mail. I was particularly curious about this one, as...
View ArticleKatie Hopkins: My Fat Story
The starting aim and metrics “Katie Hopkins: My Fat story” was a programme aired in two parts on TLC on January 2nd and January 3rd 2015. Katie Hopkins set out the rationale for the programme in the...
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Horizon: What’s the right diet for you?
Last January Horizon had a diet programme. This January they had three – all on the same topic – the idea that there are three different types of (over)eaters and therefore three different diets that...
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The 2 day diet
The 2 day diet - Harvie & Howell Talking of madness - life is too short to spend one third of it fasting (the 2 day diet) or worse - half of it fasting - as the January 2014 Alternate Day Diet is...
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Dieting & Depression
An interesting study was published last week. The original was published in the respected on line journal PLOS ONE. The study was undertaken by a team of researcher from University College London and...
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Two doctors in the house
On Tuesday 17th November 2015, there was a programme on Channel 4 called “Doctor in your house”. The doctor was Dr. Xand van Tulleken, one of the twin brothers who have done many engaging health...
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Top tips for Christmas (to avoid looking like Santa)!
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dame Sally Davies, made the headlines last week. In her annual report she said “I advocate recognising obesity at the level of a “national risk.”” This was interpreted...
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New Year Resolutions – how to be the 1 in 12
Did you make any New Year resolutions? Apparently 25% of people don’t make it beyond the first week of their resolution. This is an interesting summary of resolution choices and outcomes from a study...
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Two thirds of Brits on a diet most of the time
I have never smoked. I have never even put a cigarette between my lips; never wondered what it would be like. My mother smoked when we were children and my brother, father and I hated it so much that...
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‘Fitbits’ won’t make you slim, but nor will low-cal diets
A really interesting study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on September 20th 2016. It was called “Effect of Wearable Technology Combined With a Lifestyle Intervention...
View ArticleReview of 2016
These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January New Year Resolutions – how to be the 1 in 12. Research shows that just 1 in 12 people achieve New Year Resolutions. What...
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Men, Women & Dieting
This week’s note comes from a global collaboration between researchers in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. The research was reported as “men are more successful than women at dieting” (Ref 1) and...
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Review of 2014
These are the topics that I’ve researched and blogged about this year: January When will public health authorities realise the inconsistency in their sugar advice? The Sunday Times managed to get...
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