The Obesity Epidemic

facts about why 'eating less and doing more' doesn't work

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    • Introduction
    • Part 1 – The general principle
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Part 2 – The calorie formula
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Part 3 – The diet advice
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
    • Chapter 11
    • Chapter 12
    • Chapter 13
    • Chapter 14
    • Part 4 – How can we stop The Obesity Epidemic?
    • Chapter 15
    • Chapter 16
    • Summary
  • Reviews
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  • Research

The Obesity Epidemic Lecture

Written by zoe on February 11, 2012 - 0 Comments
Categories: Research, Talks

Recorded on 7 February 2012 at an open public lecture at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales. You can also listen and download it from iTunes here Or in a new tab and download here (It’s a big file!) And you can download the slides from the presentation here

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Calories, Energy Balance, Thermodynamics & Weight Loss…

Written by zoe on May 16, 2011 - 0 Comments
Categories: Research

… “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 thermodynamics actually say? (because it isn’t “eat less/do more”) Why do we say “to lose 1lb of [...]

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The Weston A Price Foundation Conference

Written by zoe on April 11, 2011 - 2 Comments
Categories: Research

The second London Weston A Price Foundation conference was held on Saturday 26th March 2011. And here are the slides: Download the presentation here

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Cholesterol & heart disease – there is a relationship, but it’s not what you think

Written by zoe on November 23, 2010 - 8 Comments
Categories: Research

I do a fortnightly newsletter called “Diet & Health Today” in our on line support club. The club is there to help people to lose weight by eating food – real food! Apparently that makes us radical and controversial. The main article in Diet & Health Today is called “The Big Issues” and we have [...]

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