Oxford University

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

Political Food Served Digitally All Day? An Online/Offline Perspective on Food- Related Political Consumerism 08.02.2016

Katharina Witterhold gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th November 2015.

Marketing Conscious Consumption 08.02.2016

Ryan Foley gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 26th November 2015.

Keynote: Evolutionary Ecology of Present-Day Obesity Production 16.02.2015

Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Australasian Society for Human Biology Annual Meeting, Adelaide.

Famine, Starvation, and Narratives of Hunger 16.02.2015

Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

UNU Lecture- Nutrition and Health Transition 16.02.2015

Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

UNU Lecture- Societal Change and Health 16.02.2015

Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

UNU Lecture-Systems Change and Obesity 16.02.2015

Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Keynote: Nutritional States and Welfare Regimes 16.02.2015

Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Nutritional Anthropology Lecture- Evolution of Human Nutrition 16.02.2015

Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Malaysian Food Barometer 16.02.2015

Elise Mognard gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Clothes, Sizing and Obesity 16.02.2015

Maciej Henneberg, School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Is Obesity a Disease? 16.02.2015

Paul Griffiths, Charles Perkins Center, University of Sydney, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Obesity and time urgency 16.02.2015

Peter Whybrow gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series, part of the Welfare Regimes Hypothesis.

Political ecology of obesity 16.02.2015

Stanley Ulijaszek gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series, part of the Welfare Regimes Hypothesis

Inequality and obesity 16.02.2015

Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, Welfare Regimes Hypothesis, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th November 2009.

The history of the obesity epidemic 01.02.2015

Thorkild Sørensen (University of Copenhagen) gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th November 2009

Behavioral biology and obesity 01.02.2015

Trent Smith (Washington State University) gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th Novmber 2009

Anthropology, Childhood, and Obesity 17.12.2014

Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity and Karolinska Institutet Workshop: Developmental Frameworks of Childhood Obesity.

Evidence of the effectiveness of health-related food taxes 17.12.2014

Peter Scarborough, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO Seminar series.

It's not fat - it’s bioprene: marathon swimming and heroic fatness 17.12.2014

Karen Throsby, Leeds University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas term UBVO seminar series.

Rodent Models of Obesity-Reductionist Approaches to Understanding the Basis of a Complex Human Trait 17.12.2014

Neil Docherty, University College Dublin, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO Seminar Series.

Exploring critical geographies of obesity and fatness: environments, bodies and activism 17.12.2014

Rachel Colls, Durham University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO seminar series.

From denial to corporate social responsibility: rhetoric of the food industry on obesity prevention 17.12.2014

Amadine Garde, Liverpool University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO seminar series.

The Disenchantment of the Plate 30.06.2014

John Coveney, Flinders University, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

What would the British food system look like if it took ecological public health at its heart? 30.06.2014

Geof Rayner gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

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