Michael Spira

Education

Spira was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham.

Career

After training at Street Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, he entered general practice and became a senior partner in a large National Health Service general practice. He was also a visiting physician at Bupa Wellness, London. He has been adviser to several leading slimming organisations and publications and has appeared on many national radio and television programmes, such Kilroy and Independent Television’s Good Morning.

He has had various white papers published on a variety of topics, including weight management.

He has a particular interest in the role of HIIT (high intensity interval training) in weight control. Currently he is Medical Director of The Smart Clinics which provide integrated healthcare in South Kensington, Notting Hill and Wandsworth

Everyman"s Encyclopaedia, Dent

British Medical Association Complete Family Health Encyclopaedia, Dorling-Kindersley 1990

The Mind, Readers Digest 2003.

Works

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  • How to Lose Weight without Really Dieting
  • Basic Health Education
  • How to Lose Weight Now and Forever
  • The 12 Minute Weight-Loss Plan: High Intensity Interval Training + Smart Eating = Fast, Easy Weight Loss

Membership

He was a member of the Counterweight Project, the government-funded multi-centre obesity programme to evaluate the management of obesity in primary care, and of the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network Working Party on Obesity. He is a member of the National Obesity Forum.