Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars
by Oxford University
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Description
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.
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Predictable obesity? An ecological approach for identifying future health risk | Dr Caroline Potter, Lecturer in Medical Anthropology for the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 5th May 2011 | 5/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Two Perspectives on the Longitudinal Trends in Food Consumption: The Case of Denmark 1900-2000 | Tenna Jensen, Department of History, University of Copenhagen, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Systems Science and Inequalities in Obesity in England - Findings from an Agent-Based Model | Abdulrahman El-Sayid, DPhil Student, British Heart Foundation, Oxford, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series | 5/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fizzyology: genetics, metabolic effects health outcomes and politics of high sugar | Michael Goran gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The phenomenology of binge eating in anorexia and bulimia | Karin Eli, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Digital image capture in public health surveillance for physical activity and food behaviour assessment | Paul Kelly and Aiden Doherty give a talk for the UBVO seminar series | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Affective hunger: bread and famine in ethiopian christian spirituality | Cressida Marcus gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why do we dislike obese people? | Kerry O'Brien, Senior lecturer, University of Manchester and Monash University, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminar series | 4/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Insights into the Development of Wellbeing in the Very Long Run | Nikola Koepke gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series entitled: Insights into the Development of Wellbeing in the Very Long Run: Status of Pe-Historic and Historic Europe. | 7/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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International Initiatives in Obesity Prevention | Phillip James gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series in Hilary term, 2008 | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Understanding Determinants of Phenotypic Variation: A Gloomy Prospect? | George Davey Smith gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series in Hilary term, 2008. | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alanine Transaminase vs. Socio-Cultural Factors in determining body mass increase | Maciej Henneberg gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series entitled 'Alanine Transaminase is a better marker than Socio-Cultural Factors for Body Mass Increase in Healthy Males: A Study of 46,000 Swiss Conscripts' | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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From Within | Annie Cattrell, a Senior Research Fellow in De Montfort University gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar Series | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Korea: Indications and Implications | Daniel Schwekendiek from the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology in Oxford gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Inquiry into the Simultaneous Existence of Malnutirion and Overweight in India | Aravinda Gunupalli gives a talk entitled 'Inquiry into the Simultaneous Existence of Malnutirion and Overweight in India Using Quantile Regression' | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Dilemmas of Affluence: Lessons from the Great American Experiment | Peter Whybrow gives a talk as part of the UBVO seminar series on health and obesity in America | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Physiological Demands of Dance | Emma Redding of The Laban Contemporary Dance studio in London gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series. | 7/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Why people get fat: an integral approach | Mike Rayner and Stanley Uljiaszek give a talk about the causes of obesity on 7th November 2007 | 2/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Genetics of obesity, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children | Nicholas Timpson, of the Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, gives a talk on Genetics of obesity, and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children on the 9th November 2009 | 2/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Networks and Obesity | Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology, Director of UBVO, University of Oxford, gives a talk on networks and obesity | 2/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 20 Episodes |
