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Michael Mosley: TV doctor who popularised 5:2 diet amid health and science work

He often pushed his body to extreme lengths to see the effects, including living with tapeworms in his gut for six weeks for a programme.

2XAE0H2 FILE PICS. 6th June, 2024. Television presenter, Dr Michael Mosley has been reported missing whilst out walking on the Greek Island of Symi. Buckinghamshire, UK. 5th June, 2013. British television presenter and journalist, Dr Michael Mosley, at home in Buckinghamshire. Maureen McLean/Alamy
2XAE0H2 FILE PICS. 6th June, 2024. Television presenter, Dr Michael Mosley has been reported missing whilst out walking on the Greek Island of Symi. Buckinghamshire, UK. 5th June, 2013. British television presenter and journalist, Dr Michael Mosley, at home in Buckinghamshire. Maureen McLean/Alamy (John Rogers/BBC/PA)
By Naomi Clarke and Charlotte McLaughlin, PA Senior Entertainment Reporters