Eva Orsmond
{{Short description|Weight loss expert}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Eva Orsmond
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|3|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland
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| nationality = Finnish
| alma_mater = University of Pavia
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| spouse = {{marriage|Wyatt Orsmond
|1995}}
| years_active = 2000–present
| children = 2
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| website = {{URL|https://drevasclinics.ie/}}
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Eva Orsmond (born 13 March 1966) is a weight loss expert born in Finland but based in Ireland since moving there in 2000.{{cite web|url=http://www.rte.ie/author/742733-dr-eva-orsmond/|title=Dr Eva Orsmond|website=RTÉ.ie |publisher=}}
Career
Orsmond qualified in medicine at Pavia University in 1990, then trained in public health at the Nordiska högskolan för folkhälsovetenskap in Gothenburg.{{cite web |last=Clinics |first=Dr Eva's |title=Dr Eva's Clinics |url=https://drevasclinics.ie/about/ |publisher=}} She worked in Bangladesh, Finland and Namibia before moving to Ireland in 2000.{{cite web |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/kotimaa/a/1e325d86-2606-4fef-a746-43bddbc09027 |title=Näin suomalaisesta Evasta tuli julkkis Irlannissa - kommentti ylipainoiselle naiselle tv-ohjelmassa aiheutti kohun, joka veti kanavan puhelinlinjat tukkoon |last=Kilpeläinen |first=Kia |date=5 December 2018 |website=Iltalehti |language=fi |access-date=17 November 2020}}
Orsmond owns four Orsmond Clinics around Ireland, which she set up in 2001.{{cite web |last=Clinics |first=Dr Eva's |title=Dr Eva's Clinics |url=https://drevasclinics.ie/ |publisher=}} 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,{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandlife/shapeimin/dr-eva-orsmond-i-say-it-as-it-is-221967.html|title=Dr Eva Orsmond: I say it as it is|date=10 February 2013|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/woman/diet-fitness/operation-transformation-for-dr-eva-orsmond-as-she-embarks-on-postfestive-diet-to-shed-the-pounds-29021352.html|title=Operation Transformation for Dr Eva Orsmond as she embarks on post-festive diet to shed the pounds - Independent.ie|publisher=}} which she quit in October 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/dr-eva-quits-operation-transformation-245283.html|title=Dr Eva quits Operation Transformation|date=5 October 2013|publisher=}}
In January 2016, Eva Orsmond presented Sugar Crash an RTÉ documentary about sugar consumption and health issues of the Irish population.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio-web/television-a-sugar-crash-course-in-how-we-are-poisoning-ourselves-1.2498071|title=Television: A sugar-crash course in how we are poisoning ourselves|newspaper=The Irish Times |publisher=}} She has also appeared in The Restaurant.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/tv-news/193356/Watch-Can-Dr-Eva-Orsmonds-healthy-menu-please-in-The-Restaurant|title=[Watch] Can Dr. Eva Orsmond's healthy menu please in The Restaurant?|publisher=|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316134546/http://www.tv3.ie/xpose/article/tv-news/193356/Watch-Can-Dr-Eva-Orsmonds-healthy-menu-please-in-The-Restaurant|archive-date=2016-03-16}} 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";{{cite news| url= https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/pregnant-women-allowing-themselves-to-be-overweight-is-criminal-dr-eva-857587.html |work=irishexaminer.com | title= Pregnant women allowing themselves to be overweight is criminal - Dr Eva| date= 25 July 2018}} these comments drew objections from a number of obesity experts, published in an open letter.{{cite web| url= https://medium.com/@darren_dahly/an-open-letter-to-dr-eva-orsmond-20f5d2420672 |work=medium.com | title= An open letter to Dr Eva Orsmond| date= 31 July 2018}} She has also said in interviews that there's nothing wrong with women aspiring to have the body of a Victoria's Secret model.{{cite news| url= http://www.evoke.ie/extra/dr-eva-says-its-okay-to-aspire-to-victoria-secret-model-bodies/ |work=evoke.ie | title= It's okay to aspire to a Victoria Secret body' Dr Eva says women of today should not settle for 'normal'| date= 3 December 2014}} She has further said that children should be weighed in school to help tackle Ireland’s obesity crisis.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/health-features/its-time-to-start-weighing-kids-in-school-dr-eva-orsmond-34736588.html|title='It's time to start weighing kids in school'- Dr Eva Orsmond - Independent.ie|publisher=}} Orsmond has also stated that in her opinion a sugar tax would stop people from eating sugar.{{cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/life/health-wellbeing/sweet-lies-bitter-truth-would-a-tax-on-sugar-work-34958291.html|title=Sweet lies, bitter truth... would a tax on sugar work? - Independent.ie|publisher=}}
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.{{r|iltalehti}} Orsmond revealed in a 2015 interview that she has taken up pole dancing to help keep fit.{{cite news| url= http://www.evoke.ie/showbiz/dr-eva-does-pole-dancing/ |work=evoke.ie | title=You'll never guess how RTE star Dr Eva's staying in shape| date= 7 June 2015}}
References
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External links
- [https://drevasclinics.ie/ Dr Eva's Clinics]
- [https://twitter.com/drevaorsmond twitter]
- {{IMDb name|3828572}}
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Category:Finnish public health doctors
Category:Finnish women physicians
Category:Irish health professionals
Category:University of Pavia alumni
Category:21st-century Finnish physicians
Category:Finnish expatriates in Bangladesh
Category:Finnish expatriates in Ireland
Category:Finnish expatriates in Namibia
Category:Finnish expatriates in South Africa
Category:Women public health doctors