Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars

About Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars

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.

Publisher

Oxford University

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2010

Latest episode

24 Jun 2024

Latest episodes

192 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Jun 2024

   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

2. 

   24 Jun 2024

   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

3. 

   24 Jun 2024

   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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