Fat shaming or life saving
Introduction In February 2004, HTV Wales made a discussion programme about obesity. They hosted a dozen people with many different perspectives on the topic to have a studio debate. I had just had a...
View ArticleEssay on The Obesity Epidemic
Introduction Back in 2019, I was invited to contribute an article to an academic book on obesity, which was to be published by Springer. Requests like this come in regularly and I normally turn them...
View ArticleDo we need to pay people to lose weight?
Executive Summary * A 'new' scheme has been launched in the UK to help people to lose weight and/or maintain a healthy weight. * The person who has been appointed to advise on the scheme has a history...
View ArticleWhat do Americans eat?
Executive summary * On Independence Day, we’re looking at what Americans eat. * An official (United States Department of Agriculture) publication estimated food consumed by the average American, after...
View ArticleEnergy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model of obesity – Part 1
Executive Summary * The standard explanation for obesity is that there is an energy imbalance. Both as individuals and populations, people consume too much energy and/or expend too little. This is...
View ArticleEnergy balance vs carbohydrate insulin model – Part 2
Executive summary * This is the second of a two-part note looking at two models of obesity. One is called the Energy Balance Model of obesity (EBM for short); the other is called the...
View ArticleCan governments nudge away obesity?
Executive summary * Behavioural scientists generally, and an organisation called the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) specifically, played a significant role in advising government during the Covid-19...
View ArticleThe chocolate study that fooled the world
Executive Summary * In 2015, three German reporters set about trying to do a study, which would get published in an academic journal and generate global headlines “Chocolate helps weight loss”. They...
View ArticleGary Taubes and Zoë chat about science, diabetes, journalism and books
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View ArticleWhy do you overeat?
Introduction We’ve got a break from dissecting academic papers this week as it is almost 20 years to the day since my first book was published. It was called “Why do you overeat? When all you want is...
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