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
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The Obesity Epidemic Lecture

Written by zoe on February 11, 2012 - 5 Comments
Categories: Research, Talks

Recorded on 7 February 2012 at an open public lecture at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales. You can also listen to the audio only here… 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 [...]

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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 - 3 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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