Anne Diamond has been a household name for the past 25 years, working in daily TV, radio and national newspapers. She is Patron of the National Obesity Forum and published “Winning The Fat War” - the Untold Truth about Dieting and Weightloss by Capstone in 2009 and authored an accompanying TV documentary for Sky Real Lives “Anne Diamond’s War On Fat”, which made record ratings. Anne’s TV career is well known, but her radio credentials are also considerable. She has been the anchor of many high profile breakfast shows – including 4 years on LBC, 2 years on Radio Oxford and she now regularly presents weekend and morning shows on BBC London and BBC Berkshire. Anne now writes regularly for the Daily Mail on women’s health and family issues. Far from being just a journalist, she pioneered breakfast TV in the early 80s, anchoring TVam and interviewing global leaders, celebrities and top politicians in locations as varied as Sydney Harbour during the Australian Bicentennial, the Brandenburg Gate during the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bosnia, Hollywood and No 10 Downing St. She started daytime TV with the BBC (“Good Morning With Anne and Nick”) and is the author of many books, both fact and fiction whilst being a busy Mum of four boys. Anne is a classically trained pianist, flautist and singer. Professionally, she is most recognised, however, for her reputation as a health campaigner, spearheading awareness drives on a national level concerning cervical cancer screening, autism, dyslexia and vaccination programmes. She marks as her proudest achievement the formation and presentation of the 1991 “Back To Sleep” campaign to prevent cot death, which dramatically reduced the SIDS rate in Britain – from around 2,500 annual deaths to 300. This followed the cot death of her own son, Sebastian. For her part in saving what’s estimated to be around 20,000 lives, Anne was recently awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the only non-medic to ever receive such an award. Now she has turned her attention to the obesity epidemic, since her own well-publicised battle with her weight. Two years ago, Anne underwent gastric surgery – firstly abroad then subsequently here in Britain, and has fought her way back to fitness. Her colourful experience has become both a warning siren and a ray of hope for many patients whose health is in danger because of their weight. She is currently Patron of the National Obesity Forum which was established by medical practitioners in May 2000 to raise awareness of the growing health impact that being overweight or obese was having on patients and the National Health Service (NHS). During her “Get Your Life Back” tour, Anne was moved by the distress of many obese people whose plight is all too real, yet they remain feeling alone, unhelped and abandoned. Since publication of her book, Anne has been actively lobbying health ministers, GPs and health workers for compassionate support for the obese, and constructive treatment. Now she runs a free weight-loss support website which has thousands of members and which is recommended to patients by top Bariatric surgeons and obesity specialists – it’s called “Buddy Power” (www.buddypower.net) and is helping ordinary men and women lose weight with practical and emotional support, easy access to expert advice, and a blame-free environment where people can learn a new, healthy lifestyle, with the help of a unique buddying system

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Anne Diamond has been a household broadcasting name for the past 25 years working in daily TV, radio and national newspapers.

She is a well known health campaigner for education on Cot Death and is the Anniversary Patron of FSIDS; an Ambassador for RNID; a spokesperson for Lifeline Health Screenings and is Patron of the National Obesity Forum.

Anne is a regular panelist for The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 and a regular columnist for the Daily Mail.

The Anne Diamond Show broadcasts daily on BBC Radio Berkshire for which she has just won a Sony Award; What the Judges Said: - "Anne draws from her own experiences in a touching and radio-relevant way. A particular skill shining through is her ability to help people tell their stories and draw the audience in." Producer: John Baish; Producer: John Hudson; Broadcast Assistant: Susanne Courtney; Broadcast Assistant: Chris Hedley; Editor: Duncan McLarty BBC Radio Berkshire

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Anne is a spokesperson for Health Screening Company – Lifeline Screening and is also participating in a nationwide education campaign for PostGoldForCash the gold buying service.

And Anne took part in the hugely successful 2010 viral campaign to urge people to vote in the 2010 election. See the video here >

Anne’s TV career is well known, but her radio credentials are also considerable. She has been the anchor of many high profile breakfast shows – including 4 years on LBC, 2 years on Radio Oxford and she now regularly presents weekend and morning shows on BBC London and The Anne Diamond Show on BBC Berkshire.

Anne now writes regularly for the Daily Mail on women’s health and family issues. Far from being just a journalist, she pioneered breakfast TV in the early 80s, anchoring TVam and interviewing global leaders, celebrities and top politicians in locations as varied as Sydney Harbour during the Australian Bicentennial, the Brandenburg Gate during the fall of the Berlin Wall, Bosnia, Hollywood and No 10 Downing St. She started daytime TV with the BBC with “Good Morning With Anne and Nick” and is the author of many books, both fact and fiction whilst being a busy Mum of four boys. Anne is a classically trained pianist, flautist and singer.

Professionally, she is most recognised, however, for her reputation as a health campaigner, spearheading awareness drives on a national level concerning cervical cancer screening, autism, dyslexia and vaccination programmes. She marks as her proudest achievement the formation and presentation of the 1991 “Back To Sleep” campaign to prevent cot death, which dramatically reduced the SIDS rate in Britain – from around 2,500 annual deaths to 300. This followed the cot death of her own son, Sebastian. For her part in saving what’s estimated to be around 20,000 lives, Anne was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the only non-medic to ever receive such an award.

Anne has also turned her attention to the obesity epidemic, since her own well publicized battle with her weight. Some years ago, Anne underwent gastric surgery – firstly abroad then subsequently here in Britain, and has fought her way back to fitness. Her colourful experience has become both a warning siren and a ray of hope for many patients whose health is in danger because of their weight. She is currently Patron of the National Obesity Forum which was established by medical practitioners in May 2000 to raise awareness of the growing health impact that being overweight or obese was having on patients and the National Health Service (NHS).

During her “Get Your Life Back” tour, Anne was moved by the distress of many obese people whose plight is all too real, yet they remain feeling alone, unhelped and abandoned. Since publication of her book, Anne has been actively lobbying health ministers, GPs and health workers for compassionate support for the obese, and constructive treatment.

Now she runs a free weight-loss support website which has thousands of members and which is recommended to patients by top Bariatric surgeons and obesity specialists – it’s called “Buddy Power” - www.buddypower.net - and is helping ordinary men and women lose weight with practical and emotional support, easy access to expert advice, and a blame-free environment where people can learn a new, healthy lifestyle, with the help of a unique buddying system – Buddy Power!

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Berkshire Life - Anne Diamond's new monthly column

Hello Magazine 5th April 2010