Eva Orsmond (born 13 March 1966) is a weight loss expert born in Finland but based in Ireland since moving there in 2000.

Career

Orsmond qualified in medicine at Pavia University in 1990, then trained in public health at the

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. She worked in Bangladesh, Finland and Namibia before moving to Ireland in 2000. Orsmond owns four Orsmond Clinics around Ireland, which she set up in 2001. Orsmond has appeared on

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'', Saturday Night Show, Meet the Family, Corrigan Knows Food,

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weight loss show Operation Transformation, which she quit in October 2015. In January 2016, Eva Orsmond presented ''Sugar Crash'' an

documentary about sugar consumption and health issues of the Irish population. She has also appeared in The Restaurant. In 2017, she appeared on the first season of the Irish version of ''

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Views

Orsmond stated that "pregnant women allowing themselves to be overweight is criminal"; these comments drew objections from a number of obesity experts, published in an open letter. She has also said in interviews that there's nothing wrong with women aspiring to have the body of a Victoria's Secret model. She has further said that children should be weighed in school to help tackle Ireland’s obesity crisis. Orsmond has also stated that in her opinion a sugar tax would stop people from eating sugar.

Personal life

In 1995, Orsmond married South African Wyatt Orsmond with whom she has two children. She lived in Cape Town, South Africa, for five years before moving to Ireland in 2000. Orsmond revealed in a 2015 interview that she has taken up

pole dancing Pole dance combines dance and acrobatics centered on a vertical pole. This performance art form takes place not only in gentleman's clubs as erotic dance, but also as a mainstream form of fitness, practiced in gyms and dedicated dance studios ...

to help keep fit.

References

External links

Dr Eva's Clinicstwitter
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