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

Bodies of water 30.06.2014

Amy Sharrocks, Artist, filmmaker and sculptor, gives a talk forhe UBVO seminar series

Microbes matter: metabolism and chronic disease in contemporary biomedicine 30.06.2014

Nadine Levin, Exeter University, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

How many bodies? The clinic, the kitchen and the context of obesity 30.06.2014

Emily Yates-Doerr, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, gves a talk for the UBVO seminar series

Obesity in the news media life cycle: ethics, responsibility, and stigmatisation 30.06.2014

Catriona Bonfiglioli, Media Studies, Social and Political Change Group, University of Technology Sydney, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

Brief interventions for weight management in primary care 22.03.2014

Amanda Lewis Department of Primary Care Health Science, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

Comparative political ecologies of food and diet: systems of provision in Trinidad and Cuba 22.03.2014

Marisa Wilson, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the UBVO semianr series

The intimacies of the celebrity chef industry: affects, effects and the mediation of eating 22.03.2014

Emma-Jayne Abbots University of Wales, Trinity St David, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

Obesity and physical activity: from behaviour to environment 22.03.2014

Jean-Michel Oppert Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine (CRNH), Paris, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

Liminal living: eating disordered embodiment and the reconfiguring of social being 22.03.2014

Karin Eli, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

Biocultural perspectives on globalizing fat stigma 09.12.2013

Professor Alexandra Brewis, Director of Human Evolution and Social Change and ASU-Mayo Obesity Solutions, gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar series

Tropical Medicine Obesity, systems and complexity 09.12.2013

Harry Rutter. Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

Feeding the Elderly: A study of political, societal and individual practices regarding food for the elderly in Denmark 1880-2013 09.12.2013

Jenna Jensen, University of Copenhagen, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series

Behavioural economics and eating habits 09.12.2013

Michèle Belot, School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Status Food and State Food: Notes on Obesity in Cuba 29.04.2013

Giovanna Neri, Study Coordinator in Clinical Trials, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Beyond fat tax: What is the role and potential of food taxes? 25.03.2013

Hannah Graff, National Heart Forum, gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar Series on 22nd November 2012.

Network mathematics in the social sciences: concepts, applications, and perspectives into obesity and public health 25.03.2013

Mariano Beguerisse-Diaz,Department of Mathematics and Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar Series on 31st January 2013.

Infant feeding at home and in the nursery in post-1945 Britain: an oral history approach 25.03.2013

Angela Davis, Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 7th February 2013.

Minority families and barriers to health care 25.03.2013

Hiranthi Jayaweera, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Treating obesity early in life: the common misunderstandings between parents and health care providers 25.03.2013

Laurel Edmunds, Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Children's eating habits and food preferences: determinants and consequences 25.03.2013

Lucy Cooke, Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Social marketing and public health with Change4Life 21.01.2013

Podcast looking at the way in which public health campaigns, in particular the Change4Life campaign are marketed. By Kevin Chan, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Eating NatureCulture: material feminism and maternal obesity 05.11.2012

Megan Warin, University of Adelaide, Australia, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Childhood obesity: what are its future health and social consequences? 05.11.2012

Jennifer Baker,Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Resilience building in trajectories towards sustainability: an examination of communal growing in the UK 05.11.2012

Rebecca White, Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Visual political economies and the favelas of Rio de Janeiro 05.11.2012

Udi Butler, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

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