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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.

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Episodes

Protein and meat as powerful symbols 25.02.2021

Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation at the UBVO seminar on 21 February 2020

Sustainability on stage: FoodTech and the spectacle of innovation 25.02.2021

Tanja Schneider (University of St Gallen, Switzerland) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 12 March 2020

Is obesity a choice? 25.02.2021

Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 30 January 2020

Height, weight and prostate cancer 25.02.2021

Aurora Perez-Cornago (University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 23 January 2020

Coffee, pure and simple: Rejection of milk and sugar by Brazilian specialty coffee consumers 25.02.2021

Sabine Parrish (from the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 6 February 2020

An eco-bio-socio-political approach to anaemia in Peru 25.02.2021

Doreen Montag (Queen Mary College London) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 13 February 2020

Nutrient timing and human health 22.01.2020

A UBVO Seminar given by James Betts (Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Department for Health, University of Bath) on 24 October 2019

Can wearable sensors and machine learning enhance our understanding of lifestyle health behaviours? 22.01.2020

A UBVO Seminar given by Aidan Doherty (Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford) on 17 October 2019

How mapping frames obesity and chronic disease risk factors 22.01.2020

Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) interviews Professor Danny Dorling (School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series, November 2019

Changing ecologies of disease 22.01.2020

A lecture given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) on 16 October 2019

Biocultural approaches to human physical activity in (increasingly smart) urban environments 20.01.2020

A presentation given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) at the Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, at Ravenna

The social life of childhood obesity 20.01.2020

A UBVO seminar presented by Zofia Boni (University of Poznan, Poland) on 2 March 2019

Obesity: human developmental perspectives 20.01.2020

The Keynote Lecture at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019, given by Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford)

The UK government's childhood obesity plan 20.01.2020

A presentation given by Mike Rayner (Professor of Population Health and Director of the Centre on Population Approaches for Non-Communicable Disease Prevention, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019

The evolution of adipose tissues and how natural obesity in wild mammals elucidates human obesity 20.01.2020

A presentation given by Caroline Pond (Emeritus Professor, Open University) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019

The metabolic consequences of obesity 20.01.2020

A presentation given by Leanne Hodson (Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019

Using low-energy diets to treat obesity: from research to practice 20.01.2020

A presentation given by Nerys Astbury (Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Oxford) at the UBVO Green Templeton College Obesity Conference, 16 September 2019

What's in the fridge? The everyday materiality of health and well-being 20.01.2020

A UBVO seminar presented by Tess Bird (Wesleyan University) on 15 May 2019

The Danish Health Interview Surveys 20.01.2020

An interview with Ola Ekholm (Senior Adviser, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series (20 December 2010)

Materialities of eating disorders 20.01.2020

A UBVO seminar presented by Dr Karin Eli (Research Affiliate, University of Oxford) on 30 April 2019

Boys, bulk and body ideals: epidemiology of muscle-enhancing and disordered eating behaviours in US adolescents 20.01.2020

A UBVO seminar presented by Jason M. Nagata (Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco) on 18 September 2019

Nutrition and aging well: evidence from centenarians 20.01.2020

Claudio Franceschi (Professor of Immunology, University of Bologna) is interviewed by Stanley Ulijaszek (Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series (May 2019)

Materialities of food education: practice, research and policy 20.01.2020

A UBVO seminar presented by Barney Haughton (Chef and Director of Square Food Foundation, Bristol) on 9 May 2019

Rights-based approaches to the regulation of food marketing 20.01.2020

A UBVO seminar presented by Amandine Garde (Professor of Law, University of Liverpool) on 16 May 2019

Addressing childhood obesity using a family and community-based approach: The MEND programmes 01.07.2019

This UBVO seminar was presented by Paul Sacher, the Chief R&D Officer for MEND, on 3 November 2009

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