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Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars Oxford University
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The Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) is an interdisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford, dedicated to understanding the complex and interwoven causes of obesity in populations across the world. This seminar series is hosted by the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford.
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Fatness and the body 5/5: When the measure becomes the metric - making sense of the body mass index in research and practice
How body size is used in research and discourse on health, bringing together theory from anthropology, sociology, public health and more. With llya Gutin, University of Texas at Austin
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Fatness and the body 4/5: Fifteen (plus!) ways estrogens influence adipose tissues
Exploring the phenomenal range of roles estrogens play with respect to our metabolism – a range that is only just beginning to be understood. With Deborah Clegg, Texas Tech University
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Fatness and the body 3/5: Why is there a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity in rural areas? A qualitative study of rural children's perspectives of rural foodways
Exploring children's views on their diets in relation to culture, identity and tradition in their everyday lives. With Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord, University of Agder, Norway
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Fatness and the body 2/5: Being fat or having obesity - combining social constructivism and biomedical research on childhood obesity
Where or what is the difference between childhood obesity and fatness, who has the right to decide that, and why is it important? With Zofia Boni, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
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Fatness and the body 1/5: Childhood adversity and adiposity - examining differences by sociocultural context
Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University
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Emotions in international food law
Anne Saab, associate professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute looks at how feelings such as fear and anxiety might influence food safety regulations.
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