Worries grow for British TV doctor missing in Greece

Greek police said an ongoing large-scale search and rescue operation on the tiny eastern Aegean island of Symi had yet to find British doctor and TV presenter Michael Moseley, who went missing on Wednesday afternoon after allegedly going for a walk.

Police said Friday that the Coast Guard, police and fire departments were involved in the search, with a helicopter, drones and a police tracking dog.

They found no trace of the 67-year-old man, who was on holiday on the island.

The search is focusing on the area between Agios Nikolaos, the coastal area where Moseley apparently started his walk, and the island’s main town, Symi. Authorities also investigated whether he ever left the island, but found no indication that anyone had traveled under his name.

Britain’s Foreign Office said it was in contact with Greek authorities about the search.

Mosley is well known in Britain for his regular appearances on television and radio and for his column in Daily Mail newspaper.

He is known outside the UK for his 2013 book The fast diet, which he co-authored with journalist Mimi Spencer. The 5:2 Diet describes how people can lose weight fast by minimizing calorie intake two days a week while eating healthy the other five.

He subsequently introduced the Fast 800 diet, a rapid weight loss program, and made a number of diet and exercise films.

Mosley often pushed his body to extremes to see the effects of his diets and also lived with a tapeworm in his gut for six weeks for the BBC documentary infected! Life with parasites.

Concerned friends and colleagues expressed their shock at Moseley’s disappearance.

“This shocking news focuses our minds on Michael’s wife Claire and their sons,” said Roy Taylor, professor of medicine and metabolism at Newcastle University, who co-authored the 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet with Mosley.

“Our thoughts are with them at this terrible time of uncertainty, hoping that he will be found safely.”

In 2002, Moseley was nominated for an Emmy for his role as executive producer of the BBC science documentary The human facewhich was presented by Monty Python star John Cleese and featured a host of famous faces including Elizabeth Hurley, Pierce Brosnan and David Attenborough.

Moseley has four children with his wife, Claire Bailey Moseley, who is also a physician, author and health columnist.