Jill Fullerton-Smith is an award-winning filmmaker who grew up in New Zealand. After ten years making science programmes for the BBC in London, including several episodes of Horizon, she now runs BBC Scotland’s speciality factual programming department. She conceived and produced the BBC’s landmark science series The Truth About Food. She lives in Glasgow and London.

The Truth About Food, published by Bloomsbury in January 2007, is a TV tie-in book which contains full-colour photographs, illustrations and stills from the series, and reveals the truth behind the food myths to help you change your life for the better.