Zoe Harcombe was on the LLVLC Show (for those that care, taped after the David Duke controversy had unfolded) last week. I think she holds the record for packing the most misinformation and hypocrisy into an interview with this one, and she's had a lot of stiff competition. She's definitely the Queen of such in LLVLCluelandia. She also vies for the crown of resume inflation, though I think there are others who might beat her out on that one.
Still, some time back I questioned her credentials. Here is her current biography. Zoe is big on bragging on her Cambridge education in Math/Economics. As well she rightly should be proud, but this degree is nowhere near relevant to the study of health, nutrition or obesity. She's probably aware of this, and has likely been challenged about it. She calls herself "Author and Nutritionist" on many of her YouTube videos, and from the bio:
Zoë is a qualified nutritionist with a Diploma in Diet & Nutrition and a Diploma in Clinical Weight Management, but she is first and foremost an obesity researcher.
She's previously claimed that she was pursuing a PhD in Nutrition, but that claim vanished for a while, no doubt after Ben Goldacre (who used to write a Bad Science column for The Guardian) outed her:
We all rely on heuristics, or shortcuts. Trusting an authority is one. Zoe boasts in the Mail that she is “studying for a PhD in nutrition” but she admitted to me, tediously, inevitably, that she’s not registered for a PhD anywhere (although she is thinking about doing one in the future).
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