The Mediterranean diet: the one with outcome data
It is a mediocre weight-loss diet with the best hard-outcome evidence of any eating pattern studied.
Medicines that cause weight gain, and what to do about it
Sometimes the explanation for a stubborn seven kilograms is sitting in the bathroom cabinet, prescribed and necessary.
Meal replacement shakes: where they help and where they don’t
They solve one problem well and create another one quietly.
Low carb vs low fat: what forty years of trials found
The long-running argument has a boring answer and an interesting footnote.
Losing weight after having a baby, without making it worse
The 500-calories-a-day claim about breastfeeding has done more harm than almost any other piece of postnatal advice.
Intermittent fasting: does it beat just eating less?
Two well-run trials point in opposite directions. The resolution turns out to be fairly simple.
How to start losing weight: a first fortnight that works
Almost nobody fails at starting. The interesting question is what makes week three survivable.
How many calories should I eat to lose weight?
Every calculator gives a different number, and all of them are estimates. Here is how to use one properly.
Gut health and weight: what is established and what is sold
One of the most genuinely interesting areas in biology, and one of the most aggressively oversold.
Food labels explained: the two numbers most people misread
Two figures on every UK label are routinely read as meaning the opposite of what they mean.