Greek authorities searching for missing British doctor who popularized fasting for weight loss
Greek authorities have confirmed that they are searching for Michael Mosley, a well-known British television doctor who popularized intermittent fasting for weight loss.
Body of missing British TV presenter Michael Mosley found on Greek island
Mosley’s wife said in a statement that her husband took the wrong route on a hike and collapsed in a place where his body couldn’t easily be seen. Mosley went missing on the island of Symi on Wednesday.
Mosley had TV appearances in the UK as a TV doctor prior to his death in Greece.
Mosley, 67, was well-known in Britain for his regular appearances on television and radio and his column in the Daily Mail newspaper. He was known outside the U.K. for his 2013 book “The Fast Diet,” which he co-authored with journalist Mimi Spencer. The book proposed the so-called “5:2 diet,” which promised to help people lose weight quickly by minimizing their calorie intake two days a week while eating healthily on the other five.
He subsequently introduced a rapid weight loss program and made a number of films about diet and exercise.
Mosley often pushed his body to extreme lengths to see the effects of his diets and also lived with tapeworms in his guts for six weeks for the BBC documentary “Infested! Living With Parasites.”