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

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Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars
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How body size is used in research and discourse on health, bringing together theory from anthropology, sociology, public health and more. With llya Gutin, University of Texas at Austin

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Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars
People
llya Gutin
Keywords
BMI
body mass index
anthropology
sociology
Health
obesity
fat
fatness
society
health outcomes
diet
diet and lifestyle
nutrition
Department: Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Date Added: 24/06/2024
Duration: 00:44:11

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