Michael Mosley is a British television Journalist, Producer, Presenter, and former doctor who has worked for the BBC since 1985. Mosley is famously known as a presenter of television programs on biology and medicine. Additionally, he made regular appearances on the popular British television show titled The One Show.
Mosley is an intermittent fasting and low-carbohydrate diet advocate who has written books promoting the Ketogenic diet. He studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at New College, Oxford. That was before working for two years as a banker in the City of London. He later decided to move into medicine, intending to become a psychiatrist. He studying at the Royal Free Hospital Medical School, now part of UCL Medical School. Unfortunately, he is no longer a registered doctor.
Upon graduation from medical school, and having become disillusioned by psychiatry, Mosley joined a trainee assistant producer scheme at the BBC in 1985. He produced several science programs, including The Human Face, three series with Professor Robert Winston, and the 2004 BBC Two engineering series Inventions That Changed the World hosted by Jeremy Clarkson. Mosley presented Blood and Guts, Medical Mavericks, and The Story of Science for television, and was the subject of a television documentary, 10 Things You Need to Know about Losing Weight. He presented Make Me for BBC One then later in April-June 2010 he produced and presented the television series The Story of Science: Power, Proof and Passion broadcast by BBC Two.
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In 2011 he made a series entitled The Brain: A Secret History, on the history of psychology and neuroscience. During the series, while describing the methods that are being employed to identify the anomalies in brain structure associated with psychopathy, his test results revealed that he had these candidate brain characteristics.
In the same year, he made a two part documentay, Frontline Medicine with episodes called ”Survival” and ”Rebuilding Lives”. These programmes described the medical advances in the treatment of millitary personnel during the 10years of War in Iraq and Afghanistan and examined how these techniques are being used in emergency medicine in civillian casualties in the United States and Great Britain.
His documentary The Truth About Exercise, shown first in 2012, aired current thinking about how different patterns of exercise might help achieve health benefits, the danger of siting for prolonged perods and revealed how certain genotypes are unable to gain significant improvements in aerobic fitness (VO2 max) by followng endurance exercise programmes. His own genetic type can gain many of the benefits of exercise, primarilly improved Insulin response, through short, high-intensity training sessions as suggested by the research of Professor James Timmons.
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He presented The genius of invention in the year 2013 January. In the documentary named The Truth About Personality, first aired on 10th July 2013, Mosley explores what science can tell us about optimism and pessimism and whether we can change our outlook.
Mosley’s latest diet encourages people to lose a stone in 21 days by calorie restriction to 800 calories per day, fasting intermittently, and replace some meals with nutritious shakes. This advice is considered dangerous by medical experts and the programme received a backlash on social media platforms. Beat, a UK charity supporting those affected by eating disorders, stated that ”the program caused enough stress and anxiety to our beneficiaries that we extended our Helpline hours to support anyone affected and received 51% more contact during that time”.
Michael Mosley Age
Mosley is 66 years old as of 2023. He was born on 22nd March 1957 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. He is British by nationality and has a belief in the Christian religion.
Michael Mosley Height
Mosley has an average height of 180cm (5 feet 11 inches) and his body weigh is around 70kg
Michael Mosley Parents
Mosley’s father is Mr. Mosley who was a banker by profession. His mother’s name is Mrs. Mosley who was a housewife by profession. Mosley has no siblings, he is the only child of his parents
Michael Mosley’s Wife
Mosley is married to Clare Bailey who is a general practitioner by profession The couple is blessed with four children
Michael Mosley Net Worth
Mosley’s net worth as of 2023 is approximately $3 million – $5 million. He majorly earns through several television projects, a presentation career and several other business ventures