Fatness and the body 5/5: When the measure becomes the metric - making sense of the body mass index in research and practice
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by llya Gutin
8M ago
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
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Fatness and the body 4/5: Fifteen (plus!) ways estrogens influence adipose tissues
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by Deborah Clegg
8M ago
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
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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
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by Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord
8M ago
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
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Fatness and the body 2/5: Being fat or having obesity - combining social constructivism and biomedical research on childhood obesity
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by Zofia Boni
8M ago
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
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Fatness and the body 1/5: Childhood adversity and adiposity - examining differences by sociocultural context
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by Shakira Suglia
8M ago
Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University ..read more
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Emotions in international food law
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by Anne Saab
10M ago
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
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Sugarcoated: Sugar tax and media discourses on the context of policymaking
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by Esther Gonzalez-Padilla
10M ago
Dr Esther Gonzalez-Padilla asks what is sugar? Why should we study it? And how much sugar should we be eating ..read more
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Sweetness as an aesthetic relationship
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by Maddalena Borsato
10M ago
Dr Maddalena Borsato, senior researcher at Ritsumeikan University examines the ambiguities and of the contradictions of sweetness ..read more
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Outwitting the temporalities of ‘control’ for Type 2 diabetes in urban India
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by Pallavi Laxmikanth
10M ago
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
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From grassroots to platforms. The reconfiguration of alternative food provisioning in an online world
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by Francesca Forno, Stanley Ulijaszek, Tanja Schneider
10M ago
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
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