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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...
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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. Wi...
Exploring the phenomenal range of roles estrogens play with respect to our metabolism – a range that is only just beginning to be understood...
Exploring children's views on their diets in relation to culture, identity and tradition in their everyday lives. With Ellen Margrete Ivelan...
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...
Looking at the complex relationships between adversity in childhood and obesity in adulthood, with Shakira Suglia, Emory University
Anne Saab, associate professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute looks at how feelings such as fear and anxiety might influence food safety r...
Dr Esther Gonzalez-Padilla asks what is sugar? Why should we study it? And how much sugar should we be eating?
Dr Maddalena Borsato, senior researcher at Ritsumeikan University examines the ambiguities and of the contradictions of sweetness.
Pallavi Laxmikanth speaks about her PhD research examining understandings and practises of diabetes management in middle class communities i...
Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms...
Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from...
Dr Thao Dam explores how food is experienced digitally, through the Korean-originated practice of mukhbang, where people pay to watch others...
Dr Thao Dam explores how food is experienced digitally, through the Korean-originated practice of mukhbang, where people pay to watch others...
Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms...
Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from...
Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through per...
This UBVO seminar was given by Alexandra Brewis (Arizona State University) on 3 December 2020
This UBVO seminar was presented by Zoe Meleo-Erwin (William Paterson University of New Jersey) on 19 November 2020
This UBVO seminar was presented by Adam Gilbertson (University of North Carolina) on 12 November 2020
This UBVO seminar was presented by Ben Wurgaft (MIT) on 5 November 2020