Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars

Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars

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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.

Recent Episodes

  • Fatness and the body 5/5: When the measure becomes the metric - making sense of the body mass index in research and practice

    5 months ago
  • Fatness and the body 4/5: Fifteen (plus!) ways estrogens influence adipose tissues

    5 months ago
  • 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

    5 months ago
  • Fatness and the body 2/5: Being fat or having obesity - combining social constructivism and biomedical research on childhood obesity

    5 months ago
  • Fatness and the body 1/5: Childhood adversity and adiposity - examining differences by sociocultural context

    5 months ago
  • Emotions in international food law

    7 months ago
  • Sugarcoated: Sugar tax and media discourses on the context of policymaking

    7 months ago
  • Sweetness as an aesthetic relationship

    7 months ago
  • Outwitting the temporalities of ‘control’ for Type 2 diabetes in urban India

    7 months ago
  • Excess as entertainment: Mukbang and the theatrics of eating for an online audience

    11 months ago