Michael Mosley’s son Jack gives rare insight into his father almost one year since his tragic death in Greece

The son of beloved British doctor-turned-broadcaster Michael Mosley has remembered him as a “fantastic family man” who made a difference to “millions of people’s lives” as it nears one year since he tragically died.

Mosley went missing for four days during an ill-fated walk while on holidays to the Greek Island of Symi.

An exhaustive search on air, land and sea soon followed.

Tragically, his body was eventually found on a rocky slope, above a beach on the island.

A post-mortem examination revealed he died of “natural causes” after suffering from heat exhaustion during an ill-fated walk.

He was aged just 67.

Prior to his death, Mosley gained the affections of millions of viewers for his intelligence and resolve to put his own body on the line for the sake of medical self-experimentation.

On Saturday, Mosley’s son, Dr Jack Mosley, joined David Woiwod and Sally Bowrey on Weekend Sunrise, where he gave a personal update on himself and his family.

“I’m holding-up ok, I think it’s been a really tough time for me and my family,” Mosley said, candidly.

“He was a fantastic man. He was a maverick. He was a master self-experimenter.

“I think he made such a difference to millions of people’s lives.”

Giving rare insight into family life, Mosely praised his father.

“He was he was a fantastic dad and a and a fantastic family man.

“He’s really missed. I remember him as a very fun, caring dad who would always be there for you when you needed him.

“I think he was so great at keeping the family together.

“He would always make sure there was a date in the diary (for a catch up).

“Even when we left home, so that we all got together.

“I think one thing that has happened is, in a way, his death has actually brought us closer together as a family.

“And I think that’s something he would have been really happy with.”

Now, Jack, a doctor himself trained in emergency medicine, has now released his debut book, Food Noise.

The book is about our internal food monologue.

He delves into weight loss medication like Ozempic, which has become wildly popular.

“It feels incredible to be able to continue on some of his mission,” Jack said of honouring his father’s legacy.

“Food noise, it’s that distracting inner voice that tells you to grab that chocolate slice or grab that packet of biscuits or that big bag of crisps, even if you’re not necessarily hungry.

“The weight loss drugs are so effective at quietening this noise, I kind of like to think of them as these noise cancelling headphones you put on (to change your habits).

“You go about your life, and you can block out that distracting voice that tells you to grab that processed junk food that you don’t always need.

“But you know that food noise does come rushing back with a vengeance when you stop the weight loss medications.”

Jack explained he doesn’t think weight loss medications are bad.

Instead, he believes they aren’t the magic bullet they are being sold as to consumers.

“I think a lot of people are using them like a sledgehammer,” he said.

“People are being ramped-up to incredibly high doses of these medications. So, they may be getting more extreme side effects.”

Jack said there’s four key problems with the drugs, in his opinion.

“Firstly, people may not be getting the most out of them.

“They may not be losing as much weight on them as we see in the studies.

“Secondly, people might be getting some malnutrition.

“So, we’ve seen in the UK, (pop singer) Robbie Williams developed scurvy on these medications.

“I think thirdly, muscle loss, that was something that was something that my dad was concerned about because it’s so important for longevity, for your metabolism and for reducing fragility in later life.

“Finally, when you stop these weight loss medications, unless you’ve got a plan and a nutritional strategy, then it’s likely you will put the weight back on.

“We see people put on two thirds of the weight that they originally lost.”