Eva Orsmond

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Eva Orsmond
Born (1966-03-13) 13 March 1966 (age 58)
Helsinki, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Alma mater University of Pavia
Years active2000–present
Spouse
Wyatt Orsmond
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(m. 1995)​
Children2
Website drevasclinics.ie

Eva Orsmond (born 13 March 1966) is a weight loss expert born in Finland but based in Ireland since moving there in 2000. [1]

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Career

Orsmond qualified in medicine at Pavia University in 1990, then trained in public health at the Nordiska högskolan för folkhälsovetenskap in Gothenburg. [2] She worked in Bangladesh, Finland and Namibia before moving to Ireland in 2000. [3]

Orsmond owns four Orsmond Clinics around Ireland, which she set up in 2001. [4] Orsmond has appeared on Off the Rails, The Big Bite, Prime Time, The Late Late Show , Saturday Night Show, Meet the Family, Corrigan Knows Food, Claire Byrne Live, The Nolan Show, The Ray D'arcy Show and was a medical consultant on the RTÉ weight loss show Operation Transformation, [5] [6] which she quit in October 2015. [7]

In January 2016, Eva Orsmond presented Sugar Crash an RTÉ documentary about sugar consumption and health issues of the Irish population. [8] She has also appeared in The Restaurant. [9] In 2017, she appeared on the first season of the Irish version of Dancing with the Stars .

Views

Orsmond stated that "pregnant women allowing themselves to be overweight is criminal"; [10] these comments drew objections from a number of obesity experts, published in an open letter. [11] She has also said in interviews that there's nothing wrong with women aspiring to have the body of a Victoria's Secret model. [12] She has further said that children should be weighed in school to help tackle Ireland’s obesity crisis. [13] Orsmond has also stated that in her opinion a sugar tax would stop people from eating sugar. [14]

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. [3] Orsmond revealed in a 2015 interview that she has taken up pole dancing to help keep fit. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dr Eva Orsmond". RTÉ.ie .
  2. ↑ Clinics, Dr Eva's. "Dr Eva's Clinics".
  3. 1 2 Kilpeläinen, Kia (5 December 2018). "Näin suomalaisesta Evasta tuli julkkis Irlannissa - kommentti ylipainoiselle naiselle tv-ohjelmassa aiheutti kohun, joka veti kanavan puhelinlinjat tukkoon". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Clinics, Dr Eva's. "Dr Eva's Clinics".
  5. ↑ "Dr Eva Orsmond: I say it as it is". 10 February 2013.
  6. ↑ "Operation Transformation for Dr Eva Orsmond as she embarks on post-festive diet to shed the pounds - Independent.ie".
  7. ↑ "Dr Eva quits Operation Transformation". 5 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Television: A sugar-crash course in how we are poisoning ourselves". The Irish Times .
  9. ↑ "[Watch] Can Dr. Eva Orsmond's healthy menu please in The Restaurant?". Archived from the original on 2016-03-16.
  10. ↑ "Pregnant women allowing themselves to be overweight is criminal - Dr Eva". irishexaminer.com. 25 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "An open letter to Dr Eva Orsmond". medium.com. 31 July 2018.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ "'It's time to start weighing kids in school'- Dr Eva Orsmond - Independent.ie".
  14. ↑ "Sweet lies, bitter truth... would a tax on sugar work? - Independent.ie".
  15. ↑ "You'll never guess how RTE star Dr Eva's staying in shape". evoke.ie. 7 June 2015.
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