Xand van Tulleken

See also: Van Tulleken brothers

Jonkheer
Xand van Tulleken
van Tulleken in 2015
Born
Alexander Gerald van Hoogenhouck Tulleken

(1978-08-18) 18 August 1978 (age 46)
London, England
NationalityBritish
EducationKing's College School, Wimbledon
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
LSHTM
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
TelevisionOperation Ouch!
Spouse
Dolly Theis
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(m. 2023)​
Children2

Alexander "Dr. Xand" van Hoogenhouck-Tulleken (born 18 August 1978)[1] is a British doctor and TV presenter. He is best known for presenting the CBBC children's series Operation Ouch![2] with his identical twin brother Chris, and the Channel 4 show How to Lose Weight Well.[3]

Van Tulleken has presented many documentaries, including an episode of Horizon discussing male suicide[4] and a BBC programme on the European migrant crisis.[5] He can often be seen offering up his own body for science experimentation in diet show How to Lose Weight Well, as well as in BBC Horizon episodes "Sugar vs Fat"[6] and "Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?"[7] As of July 2023, he was appearing regularly on the BBC1 weekday programme Morning Live, providing a variety of medical advice. Van Tulleken is also a member of the "Made of stronger stuff" podcast on BBC Sounds.

  1. ^ Nederland's Adelsboek (in Dutch) (95th ed.). The Hague: Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie. 2010. p. 403. ISBN 978-90-5802-081-9.
  2. ^ "Operation Ouch! - CBBC - BBC". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. ^ "How to Lose Weight Well: How to Lose Weight Well". Channel 4. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  4. ^ "BBC Two - Horizon, 2018, Stopping Male Suicide". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  5. ^ "BBC One - Frontline Doctors: Winter Migrant Crisis". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ "BBC Two - Horizon, 2013-2014, Sugar v Fat". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  7. ^ "BBC Two - Horizon, 2014-2015, Is Binge Drinking Really That Bad?". BBC. Retrieved 17 September 2019.