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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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Lazy, crazy and disgusting: stigma and the undoing of global health
This UBVO seminar was given by Alexandra Brewis (Arizona State University) on 3 December 2020
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Connection and conflict: hHw neoliberal healthism and inequity shape bariatric surgery support forum dynamics
This UBVO seminar was presented by Zoe Meleo-Erwin (William Paterson University of New Jersey) on 19 November 2020
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Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in Kenya: Anthropology and ethics in the pursuit of public health
This UBVO seminar was presented by Adam Gilbertson (University of North Carolina) on 12 November 2020
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Cultured meat as a case study in the future of food
This UBVO seminar was presented by Ben Wurgaft (MIT) on 5 November 2020
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Feeling the ‘weight’ of expectation: The necessity of understanding ‘obesity’ as a biopsychosocial phenomenon
A UBVO seminar presented by Oli Williams (King's College London) on 29 October 2020
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The damaging impact of weight stigma: Psychosocial stress and harmful health consequences
This UBVO seminar was given by Rebecca Puhl (University of Connecticut) on 22 October 2020