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Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

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

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

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

Exploring the phenomenal range of roles estrogens play with respect to our metabolism – a range that is only just beginning to be understood. With Deborah Clegg, Texas Tech University

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

Exploring children's views on their diets in relation to culture, identity and tradition in their everyday lives. With Ellen Margrete Iveland Ersfjord, University of Agder, Norway

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

Where or what is the difference between childhood obesity and fatness, who has the right to decide that, and why is it important? With Zofia Boni, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan

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

Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University

Personalised nutrition and dietary behaviour change in an online study across 7 European countries

Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through personalised nutrition and asks, ‘is there a right or wrong diet?’

Personalised nutrition and dietary behaviour change in an online study across 7 European countries

Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through personalised nutrition and asks, ‘is there a right or wrong diet?’

Professor Stanley Ulijaszek

Georgina Ferry interviews Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology, 15 December 2022.

Gut Instinct Ep. 6 - Cell-free DNA diagnostics for biliary strictures, diet and weight loss, and minimum unit price strategies for alcohol

Another fun-filled episode from your favourite GI podcasters. From hepatobiliary disease to alcohol policy, luminal gastro to nutrition, we have something for everyone this episode. Enjoy!

Cultured meat as a case study in the future of food

This UBVO seminar was presented by Ben Wurgaft (MIT) on 5 November 2020

Feeling the ‘weight’ of expectation: The necessity of understanding ‘obesity’ as a biopsychosocial phenomenon

A UBVO seminar presented by Oli Williams (King's College London) on 29 October 2020

The damaging impact of weight stigma: Psychosocial stress and harmful health consequences

This UBVO seminar was given by Rebecca Puhl (University of Connecticut) on 22 October 2020

The syndemic of COVID-19, obesity and food insecurity in the United States

This UBVO seminar was given by William Dietz (George Washington University) on 15 October 2020

Stanley Ulijaszek discusses the impacts of COVID-19 Lockdown on Physical and Mental Health during COVID-19

Stanley and his team at the Unit for BioCultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford, undertook an England-wide survey of the impacts of COVID-19 lockdown during the summer of 2020 on physical activity, food and eating, and mental health.

Gut Instinct Ep. 2 - Long-term drains for ascites, the developing gut, and drugs for obesity

A smorgasbord of research for you this week; we discuss quantitative and qualitative data about long-term drains for ascites, an incredible atlas of the developing gut, drugs for obesity, fibrates for itch, and pharmacokinetics in pregnancy.

Framing obesity as a problem

Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, University of Oxford) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 27 February 2020

Is obesity a choice?

Giles Yeo from the University of Cambridge gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar series on 30 January 2020

An eco-bio-socio-political approach to anaemia in Peru

Doreen Montag (Queen Mary College London) gave this presentation for the UBVO seminar on 13 February 2020

Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

Rethinking diet, weight and health policy in and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Prof Susan Jebb and Sir Charles Godfray discuss the possible implications of the pandemic on health policy and tackling obesity.

How mapping frames obesity and chronic disease risk factors

Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Oxford) interviews Professor Danny Dorling (School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford) for the UBVO Instruments and Institutions Interviews series, November 2019

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