
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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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.
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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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 ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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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 ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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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 ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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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 ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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Anne Saab, associate professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute looks at how feelings such as fear and anxiety might influence food safety regulations ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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Dr Esther Gonzalez-Padilla asks what is sugar? Why should we study it? And how much sugar should we be eating ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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Dr Maddalena Borsato, senior researcher at Ritsumeikan University examines the ambiguities and of the contradictions of sweetness ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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Pallavi Laxmikanth speaks about her PhD research examining understandings and practises of diabetes management in middle class communities in Hyderabad’s High-Tech City ..read more
Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity
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Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms and how their online platforms are being appropriated by bigger businesses. These episodes of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) podcast were recorded at seminars in 2022, convened by Stanley Ulijaszek and Tanja Schneider. The focus is on how the digital and online world is influencing how and what people eat. Our sincere thanks go to the speakers who contributed ..read more