Gillian McKeith

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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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What can we say about Gillian McKeith that isn't potentially defamatory? Well, she was born in September 1959 in Perth, Scotland, and wrote a number of books on the subject of nutrition. This led to the television series ''You Are What You Eat'' (2004-7) on Channel 4, where she changed people's diets by shouting at them and pointing at their faeces. A competitive version of this format was made in 2007. It emerged around this time that Ms. McKeith was not a qualified medical practitioner and that her Ph.D. was not from a recognised academic institution; as a result of these revelations, she ceased to describe herself as "Dr. McKeith", because she is not a doctor.
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What can we say about Gillian McKeith that isn't potentially defamatory? Well, she was born in September 1959 in Perth, Scotland, and wrote a number of books on the subject of nutrition. This led to the television series ''You Are What You Eat'' (2004-7 on Channel 4), where she changed people's diets by shouting at them and pointing at their faeces. A [[Three Fat Brides, One Thin Dress|competitive version]] of this format was made in 2007. It emerged around this time that McKeith was not a qualified medical practitioner and that her Ph.D. was not from a recognised academic institution; as a result of these revelations, she ceased to describe herself as "Dr. McKeith", because she is not a doctor.
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== Trivia ==
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A much more civilised version of ''You Are What You Eat'' aired on Channel 5 in 2022 with [[Britain's Psychic Challenge]] host Trisha Goddard and - hallelujah - an actual doctor, Amir Khan.
== Web links ==
== Web links ==

Current revision as of 11:16, 7 April 2024

Contents

Shows

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (participant)

Three Fat Brides, One Thin Dress

Biography

What can we say about Gillian McKeith that isn't potentially defamatory? Well, she was born in September 1959 in Perth, Scotland, and wrote a number of books on the subject of nutrition. This led to the television series You Are What You Eat (2004-7 on Channel 4), where she changed people's diets by shouting at them and pointing at their faeces. A competitive version of this format was made in 2007. It emerged around this time that McKeith was not a qualified medical practitioner and that her Ph.D. was not from a recognised academic institution; as a result of these revelations, she ceased to describe herself as "Dr. McKeith", because she is not a doctor.

Trivia

A much more civilised version of You Are What You Eat aired on Channel 5 in 2022 with Britain's Psychic Challenge host Trisha Goddard and - hallelujah - an actual doctor, Amir Khan.

Web links

Wikipedia entry on Gillian McKeith debunking everything she stands for. And that's from a neutral point of view!

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