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

Parents as gatekeepers: introduction to family therapy in obesity treatment 05.11.2012

Paulina Nowicka, Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

5 SOLDIERS - The Body Is The Frontline 05.11.2012

Embodying soldier's physicality through research and training and how this approach affected the final production and audience experience.

Predictable obesity? An ecological approach for identifying future health risk 31.05.2011

Dr Caroline Potter, Lecturer in Medical Anthropology for the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 5th May 2011.

Two Perspectives on the Longitudinal Trends in Food Consumption: The Case of Denmark 1900-2000 27.05.2011

Tenna Jensen, Department of History, University of Copenhagen, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Systems Science and Inequalities in Obesity in England - Findings from an Agent-Based Model 27.05.2011

Abdulrahman El-Sayid, DPhil Student, British Heart Foundation, Oxford, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series.

Fizzyology: genetics, metabolic effects health outcomes and politics of high sugar 06.04.2011

Michael Goran gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series.

The phenomenology of binge eating in anorexia and bulimia 06.04.2011

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

Digital image capture in public health surveillance for physical activity and food behaviour assessment 06.04.2011

Paul Kelly and Aiden Doherty give a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Affective hunger: bread and famine in ethiopian christian spirituality 06.04.2011

Cressida Marcus gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series.

Why do we dislike obese people? 06.04.2011

Kerry O'Brien, Senior lecturer, University of Manchester and Monash University, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series.

Insights into the Development of Wellbeing in the Very Long Run 27.07.2010

Nikola Koepke gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series entitled: Insights into the Development of Wellbeing in the Very Long Run: Status of Pe-Historic and Historic Europe.

International Initiatives in Obesity Prevention 20.07.2010

Phillip James gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series in Hilary term, 2008.

Understanding Determinants of Phenotypic Variation: A Gloomy Prospect? 20.07.2010

George Davey Smith gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series in Hilary term, 2008.

Alanine Transaminase vs. Socio-Cultural Factors in determining body mass increase 20.07.2010

Maciej Henneberg gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series entitled 'Alanine Transaminase is a better marker than Socio-Cultural Factors for Body Mass Increase in Healthy Males: A Study of 46,000 Swiss Conscripts'.

From Within 20.07.2010

Annie Cattrell, a Senior Research Fellow in De Montfort University gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar Series.

Korea: Indications and Implications 20.07.2010

Daniel Schwekendiek from the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology in Oxford gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Inquiry into the Simultaneous Existence of Malnutirion and Overweight in India 20.07.2010

Aravinda Gunupalli gives a talk entitled 'Inquiry into the Simultaneous Existence of Malnutirion and Overweight in India Using Quantile Regression'.

The Dilemmas of Affluence: Lessons from the Great American Experiment 20.07.2010

Peter Whybrow gives a talk as part of the UBVO seminar series on health and obesity in America.

Physiological Demands of Dance 20.07.2010

Emma Redding of The Laban Contemporary Dance studio in London gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.

Why people get fat: an integral approach 12.02.2010

Mike Rayner and Stanley Uljiaszek give a talk about the causes of obesity on 7th November 2007.

Genetics of obesity, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children 12.02.2010

Nicholas Timpson, of the Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, gives a talk on Genetics of obesity, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children on the 9th November 2009.

Networks and Obesity 12.02.2010

Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology, Director of UBVO, University of Oxford, gives a talk on networks and obesity.

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