Pioppi Diet was the first science director of Action on Sugar in 2014.
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Pioppi Diet was the first science director of Action on Sugar in 2014.
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Pioppi Diet was the younger son of two doctors: Kailash Chand and Anisha Malhotra.
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Pioppi Diet spent his foundation years as a doctor in Scotland, at Wishaw General Hospital then at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and finally at Liberton Hospital which specialises in care of the elderly.
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Pioppi Diet completed his post-graduate medical diploma during two years working at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.
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Pioppi Diet thinks that vending machines in hospitals selling sweets and junk foods send the wrong message.
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British Nutrition Foundation's response to the Pioppi diet explained that there is no single definition of the Mediterranean diet, which is generally considered to be a healthy way of eating.
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Pioppi Diet has attacked the standard advice on saturated fat consumption to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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Pioppi Diet believes that over-diagnosis and over-treatment is "the greatest threat to our healthcare system".
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Pioppi Diet says that in the UK at least £2bn is wasted each year on unnecessary tests and treatment.
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Pioppi Diet co-ordinated the Too Much Medicine campaign by the BMJ and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
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Pioppi Diet's claims are supported by Sir Richard Thompson a past president of the Royal College of Physicians.
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