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altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:59 pm	Post subject: Dr. Gillian McKeith Did anyone see the programme on this woman that was aired just before Xmas in the UK? It was quite shocking, really... Aaron


iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:18 pm	Post subject: What was the program about?

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:48 pm	Post subject: Well, this TV celebrity has been going into people's homes and telling them what they should and shouldn't eat, etc. The programme investigated her credentials and discovered she's not really a doctor at all, and that many of her recommendations/reasons are nonsense. Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:59 pm	Post subject: Doesn't sound very educational to me. Was it entertaining at least?

Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:24 pm	Post subject: Is she American or British? I can't find anything about it on Google.

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:30 pm	Post subject: Making up some nonsense and making money? She must be a Brit!!! (just kidding) But seriously, this type of thing is becoming a big problem in US, and I presume this is happening in UK as well. Particularly, there are number of weight loss programs and they give instructions on how to lose weight, but they have really no evidence that those who went through the program actually lost weight. In case of TV, it's innocent enough, since you don't really pay to view programs (except for the basic cable fee), but there are programs that charge a lot. Video, DVD, books, seminars, training sessions, etc.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:20 am	Post subject: She sounds Scottish. She claimed to have been on the Oprah Winfrey show (or similar) but investigations into that made it clear that it was a pretty tenuous claim. Sorry, I got the name wrong in the original post... it's Dr. Gillian McKeith. I'll correct the original post. Aaron

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:21 am	Post subject: The programme she is currently famous for is You are What You Eat. Aaron

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:31 am	Post subject: altyfc wrote: Sorry, I got the name wrong in the original post... it's Dr. Gillian McKeith. Does she actually have Doctorate? I hope it's not one of those paper PhD or Doctorate.

Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:08 am	Post subject: Apparently she got her qualifications through an unaccredited correspondence course

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:09 am	Post subject: Thais wrote: Apparently she got her qualifications through an unaccredited correspondence course Sounds so much like one of those fake degrees ...

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:11 am	Post subject: Yes, very much a fake degree by the sounds of it, and this is what the documentary was stating. Aaron

Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:46 pm	Post subject: However, she may well have a PhD prior to the correspondence course, and so have the right to call herself Dr. I know someone else who does this on occasion This 'you are what you eat' series is due to start on Ch 4 tonight - I've just checked with teletext & it's still scheduled! So they're not THAT worried about her!! After all, let's face it, anyone with a bit of nous can be pretty genned up on diet & advise others not to eat junk food but to eat healthily!

Thais Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Location: UK Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:30 pm	Post subject: Oh!!! Quite by chance (talk about serendipity!) I've come across her website!! You will notice that at the bottom of her homepage, it says 'PLEASE NOTE: The content of this site is currently undergoing review for accreditation. This process should be completed by early 2005. Site last modified: 20 December, 2004' However, you might like to read this biography... http://www.drgillianmckeith.com/biog.htm What do you think? (Seems she's known in the US too.)

iRuleThisForum Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:37 pm	Post subject: Quote: She graduated from the University of Edinburgh and received her Masters Degree from the Ivy-League University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Her PhD or Doctorate is kind of questionable, but she has master's from UPenn. That's really something.

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altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 3:59 pm

Post subject: Dr. Gillian McKeith

Did anyone see the programme on this woman that was aired just before Xmas in the UK? It was quite shocking, really...

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 7:18 pm

Post subject:

What was the program about?

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:48 pm

Post subject:

Well, this TV celebrity has been going into people's homes and telling them what they should and shouldn't eat, etc. The programme investigated her credentials and discovered she's not really a doctor at all, and that many of her recommendations/reasons are nonsense.

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 10:59 pm

Post subject:

Doesn't sound very educational to me. Was it entertaining at least?

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:24 pm

Post subject:

Is she American or British? I can't find anything about it on Google.

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2005 11:30 pm

Post subject:

Making up some nonsense and making money? She must be a Brit!!! (just kidding)

But seriously, this type of thing is becoming a big problem in US, and I presume this is happening in UK as well. Particularly, there are number of weight loss programs and they give instructions on how to lose weight, but they have really no evidence that those who went through the program actually lost weight. In case of TV, it's innocent enough, since you don't really pay to view programs (except for the basic cable fee), but there are programs that charge a lot. Video, DVD, books, seminars, training sessions, etc.

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:20 am

Post subject:

She sounds Scottish. She claimed to have been on the Oprah Winfrey show (or similar) but investigations into that made it clear that it was a pretty tenuous claim.

Sorry, I got the name wrong in the original post... it's Dr. Gillian McKeith.

I'll correct the original post.

Aaron

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:21 am

Post subject:

The programme she is currently famous for is You are What You Eat.

Aaron

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:31 am

Post subject:

altyfc wrote:

Sorry, I got the name wrong in the original post... it's Dr. Gillian McKeith.

Does she actually have Doctorate? I hope it's not one of those paper PhD or Doctorate.

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:08 am

Post subject:

Apparently she got her qualifications through an unaccredited correspondence course Confused

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:09 am

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Thais wrote:

Apparently she got her qualifications through an unaccredited correspondence course Confused

Sounds so much like one of those fake degrees ...

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:11 am

Post subject:

Yes, very much a fake degree by the sounds of it, and this is what the documentary was stating.

Aaron

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 1:46 pm

Post subject:

However, she may well have a PhD prior to the correspondence course, and so have the right to call herself Dr. I know someone else who does this on occasion Wink

This 'you are what you eat' series is due to start on Ch 4 tonight - I've just checked with teletext & it's still scheduled! So they're not THAT worried about her!!

After all, let's face it, anyone with a bit of nous can be pretty genned up on diet & advise others not to eat junk food but to eat healthily!

Thais

Joined: 07 Aug 2004

Location: UK

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:30 pm

Post subject:

Oh!!! Quite by chance (talk about serendipity!) I've come across her website!! Shocked

You will notice that at the bottom of her homepage, it says
'PLEASE NOTE: The content of this site is currently undergoing review for accreditation.
This process should be completed by early 2005. Site last modified: 20 December, 2004'

Confused

However, you might like to read this biography...
http://www.drgillianmckeith.com/biog.htm

What do you think? (Seems she's known in the US too.)

iRuleThisForum

Joined: 23 Jul 2004

Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 6:37 pm

Post subject:

Quote:

She graduated from the University of Edinburgh and received her Masters Degree from the Ivy-League University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Her PhD or Doctorate is kind of questionable, but she has master's from UPenn. That's really something.

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