Eva Orsmond

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Dr. Eva Orsmond is a weight loss expert born in Finland but based in Ireland since moving there in 2000.[1]

Career

Orsmond owns six Orsmond Clinics around the country which she set up herself in 2001.[2] Orsmond is an increasingly well-known figure in the Irish public and has appeared on Off the Rails, The Big Bite, Prime Time, The Late Late Show, Saturday Night Show, Meet the Family, Corrigan Knows Food, The Nolan Show, The Ray D'arcy Show and is most well-known for being the straight-talking medical consultant on the popular RTÉ weight loss show Operation Transformation.[3][4] which she quit in October 2015.[5]

In January 2016 Eva Orsmond presented Sugar Crash an RTÉ documentary about sugar consumption and health issues of Irish people.[6] She has also appeared in The Restaurant.[7]

Views

  • Orsmond has said in interviews that there's nothing wrong with women aspiring to have the body of a Victoria's Secrets model.[8]
  • She revealed in a 2015 interview that she has taken up pole dancing to help keep fit.[9]
  • Orsmond has said that children should be weighed in school to help tackle Ireland’s obesity crisis.[10]
  • She doesn't believe that a sugar tax would stop people from eating sugar.[11]

Links

References

  1. ^ http://www.rte.ie/ot/about-ot/dr-eva-orsmond/
  2. ^ http://www.orsmondclinics.com/
  3. ^ http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandlife/shapeimin/dr-eva-orsmond-i-say-it-as-it-is-221967.html
  4. ^ http://www.independent.ie/woman/diet-fitness/operation-transformation-for-dr-eva-orsmond-as-she-embarks-on-postfestive-diet-to-shed-the-pounds-29021352.html
  5. ^ http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/dr-eva-quits-operation-transformation-245283.html
  6. ^ http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/television-a-sugar-crash-course-in-how-we-are-poisoning-ourselves-1.2498071
  7. ^ http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/tv-news/193356/Watch-Can-Dr-Eva-Orsmonds-healthy-menu-please-in-The-Restaurant
  8. ^ "It's okay to aspire to a Victoria Secret body' Dr Eva says women of today should not settle for 'normal'". evoke.ie. 3 December 2014.
  9. ^ "You'll never guess how RTE star Dr Eva's staying in shape". evoke.ie. 7 June 2015.
  10. ^ http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/its-time-to-start-weighing-kids-in-school-dr-eva-orsmond-34736588.html
  11. ^ http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/sweet-lies-bitter-truth-would-a-tax-on-sugar-work-3495