Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars
A podcast by Oxford University
194 Episodes
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Making Cultures Count: Following the Mayi Kuwayu National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing
Published: 3/31/2021 -
Framing obesity as a problem
Published: 2/25/2021 -
Protein and meat as powerful symbols
Published: 2/25/2021 -
Sustainability on stage: FoodTech and the spectacle of innovation
Published: 2/25/2021 -
Is obesity a choice?
Published: 2/25/2021 -
Height, weight and prostate cancer
Published: 2/25/2021 -
Coffee, pure and simple: Rejection of milk and sugar by Brazilian specialty coffee consumers
Published: 2/25/2021 -
An eco-bio-socio-political approach to anaemia in Peru
Published: 2/25/2021 -
Nutrient timing and human health
Published: 1/22/2020 -
Can wearable sensors and machine learning enhance our understanding of lifestyle health behaviours?
Published: 1/22/2020 -
How mapping frames obesity and chronic disease risk factors
Published: 1/22/2020 -
Changing ecologies of disease
Published: 1/22/2020 -
Biocultural approaches to human physical activity in (increasingly smart) urban environments
Published: 1/20/2020 -
The social life of childhood obesity
Published: 1/20/2020 -
Obesity: human developmental perspectives
Published: 1/20/2020 -
The UK government's childhood obesity plan
Published: 1/20/2020 -
The evolution of adipose tissues and how natural obesity in wild mammals elucidates human obesity
Published: 1/20/2020 -
The metabolic consequences of obesity
Published: 1/20/2020 -
Using low-energy diets to treat obesity: from research to practice
Published: 1/20/2020 -
What's in the fridge? The everyday materiality of health and well-being
Published: 1/20/2020
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.