Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars

Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

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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Episode	Description	People	Date
Bariatric surgery's intersubjective embodiments	Heather Howard gave this talk on 11 May 2017 as part of the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity seminar series	Heather Howard	5 September, 2017
The obesity epidemic and how bodies come to be through the pedagogies of digital health	Emma Rich gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 16th February 2017.	Emma Rich	28 February, 2017
Inequality, Obesity and Oxford: how to reduce car dependence	Danny Dorling gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 2nd February 2017.	Danny Dorling	28 February, 2017
Social Mobility: Can family policy make a difference?	Naomi Eisenstadt gives a talk for the UBVO seminar seires on 1st December 2016. Please note, there were technical difficulties during the recording of this episode so it will stop at 12:34. We apologise for this.	Naomi Eisenstadt	28 February, 2017
Epigenetics: Environment, embodiment and equality	Rebecca Richmond gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 13th October 2016.	Rebecca Richmond	28 February, 2017
Familial homeostasis and negotiations of children's eating and physical activity: An analysis of intergenerational conversations in low income US families	Paulina Nowicka gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on November 17th 2016,	Paulina Nowicka	18 January, 2017
The influence of school on eating disorders in girls - evidence from Sweden and the UK	Helen Bould gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th October 2016.	Helen Bould	18 January, 2017
The Great Gatsby curve in 3D: Inequality of outcomes, inequality of opportunities, and social mobility across countries	Gaston Yalonetzky gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 10th November 2016.	Gaston Yalonetzky	18 January, 2017
Advancing a model of inequalities, stress, and obesity	Emily Henderson, Durham University, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Emily Henderson	22 June, 2016
Brown adipose tissue, energy balance, and obesity - UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews	Michael Symonds, Karolinska Institutet, gives a talk for the UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews series.	Michael Symonds	14 June, 2016
Bariatric surgery in childhood and adolescence - UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews	Claude Marcus, Karolinska Institutet, gives a talk for the UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews.	Claude Marcus	14 June, 2016
Familial interventions for childhood obesity - UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews	Paulina Nowicka, Karolinska Institutet, gives a talk for the UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews series.	Paulina Nowicka	14 June, 2016
UK Food Network Responsibility Deal - UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews	Susan Jebb, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews series.	Susan Jebb	14 June, 2016
The Body Mass Index in Obesity Reporting - UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews	Philip James, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, gives a talk for the UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews series.	Philip James	14 June, 2016
Sugar, Metabolisms, and Taxation - UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews	Michael Goran, University of Southern California, gives an interview for the UBVO Instrument and Institutions Interviews series.	Michael Goran	14 June, 2016
Obesity, responsibility and ethics	Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Julian Savuelscu	14 June, 2016
Governing Plastic Biology: Biopolitics in Epigenetic Times.	Maurizio Meloni, University of Sheffield, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Maurizio Meloni	2 June, 2016
The dynamics in the details: An ethnography of food aid, weights and measures in South Sudan.	Darryl Stellmach, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Darryl Stellmach	18 May, 2016
The fat(tened) American: Between consumption, disgust, and animality	Chris Forth gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar series on 26th October 2015.	Chris Forth	22 February, 2016
What's next? The National Obesity Observatory	Harry Rutter is interviewed about the National Obesity Observatory.	Harry Rutter	22 February, 2016
Hacking the Food System: Technologies of Justice and Inequality	Melissa Caldwell gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 3rd December 2015.	Melissa Caldwell	8 February, 2016
Food as Media	Eva Giraud gives a talk for the UBVO seminar seires on December 2nd 2015.	Eva Giraud	8 February, 2016
Celebrity Chefs as Political Activists: Audiences, Moments and Affect	Michael Goodman gives a talk for the UBVO seminar seires on 1st December 2015.	Michael Goodman	8 February, 2016
Keynote: When Food Goes Digital: From a Mundane Point of View	Steve Woolgar gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 30th November 2015.	Steve Woolgar	8 February, 2016
Digital Food Activism	Karin Eli and Tanja Schneider gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 29th November 2015.	Karin Eli, Tanja Schneider	8 February, 2016
The Who and What of Diabetes on Twitter	Mariano Berguerisse Diaz, Amy McLennan and Stanley Ulijaszek give a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 28th November 2015.	Mariano Berguerisse Díaz, Amy McLennan, Stanley Ulijaszek	8 February, 2016
Political Food Served Digitally All Day? An Online/Offline Perspective on Food- Related Political Consumerism	Katharina Witterhold gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th November 2015.	Katharina Witterhold	8 February, 2016
Marketing Conscious Consumption	Ryan Foley gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 26th November 2015.	Ryan Foley	8 February, 2016
Keynote: Evolutionary Ecology of Present-Day Obesity Production	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Australasian Society for Human Biology Annual Meeting, Adelaide.	Stanley Ulijaszek	16 February, 2015
Famine, Starvation, and Narratives of Hunger	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Stanley Ulijaszek	16 February, 2015
UNU Lecture- Nutrition and Health Transition	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Stanley Ulijaszek	16 February, 2015
UNU Lecture- Societal Change and Health	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Stanley Ulijaszek	16 February, 2015
UNU Lecture-Systems Change and Obesity	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Stanley Ulijaszek	16 February, 2015
Keynote: Nutritional States and Welfare Regimes	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Stanley Ulijaszek	16 February, 2015
Nutritional Anthropology Lecture- Evolution of Human Nutrition	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Stanley Ulijaszek	16 February, 2015
Malaysian Food Barometer	Elise Mognard gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Elise Mognard	16 February, 2015
Clothes, Sizing and Obesity	Maciej Henneberg, School of Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Maciej Henneberg	16 February, 2015
Is Obesity a Disease?	Paul Griffiths, Charles Perkins Center, University of Sydney, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Paul Griffiths	16 February, 2015
Obesity and time urgency	Peter Whybrow gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series, part of the Welfare Regimes Hypothesis.	Peter Whybrow	16 February, 2015
Political ecology of obesity	Stanley Ulijaszek gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series, part of the Welfare Regimes Hypothesis	Stanley Ulijaszek	16 February, 2015
Inequality and obesity	Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, Welfare Regimes Hypothesis, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th November 2009.	Richard Wilkinson, Kate Pickett	16 February, 2015
The history of the obesity epidemic	Thorkild Sørensen (University of Copenhagen) gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th November 2009	Thorkild Sørensen	1 February, 2015
Behavioral biology and obesity	Trent Smith (Washington State University) gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 27th Novmber 2009	Trent Smith	1 February, 2015
Anthropology, Childhood, and Obesity	Stanley Ulijaszek, ISCA, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity and Karolinska Institutet Workshop: Developmental Frameworks of Childhood Obesity.	Stanley Ulijaszek	17 December, 2014
Evidence of the effectiveness of health-related food taxes	Peter Scarborough, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO Seminar series.	Peter Scarborough	17 December, 2014
It's not fat - it’s bioprene: marathon swimming and heroic fatness	Karen Throsby, Leeds University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas term UBVO seminar series.	Karen Throsby	17 December, 2014
Rodent Models of Obesity-Reductionist Approaches to Understanding the Basis of a Complex Human Trait	Neil Docherty, University College Dublin, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO Seminar Series.	Neil Docherty	17 December, 2014
Exploring critical geographies of obesity and fatness: environments, bodies and activism	Rachel Colls, Durham University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO seminar series.	Rachel Colls	17 December, 2014
From denial to corporate social responsibility: rhetoric of the food industry on obesity prevention	Amadine Garde, Liverpool University, gives a talk for the Michaelmas Term UBVO seminar series.	Amadine Garde	17 December, 2014
The Disenchantment of the Plate	John Coveney, Flinders University, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	John Coveney	30 June, 2014
What would the British food system look like if it took ecological public health at its heart?	Geof Rayner gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Geof Rayner	30 June, 2014
Bodies of water	Amy Sharrocks, Artist, filmmaker and sculptor, gives a talk forhe UBVO seminar series	Amy Sharrocks	30 June, 2014
Microbes matter: metabolism and chronic disease in contemporary biomedicine	Nadine Levin, Exeter University, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Nadine Levin	30 June, 2014
How many bodies? The clinic, the kitchen and the context of obesity	Emily Yates-Doerr, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research, gves a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Emily Yates-Doerr	30 June, 2014
Obesity in the news media life cycle: ethics, responsibility, and stigmatisation	Catriona Bonfiglioli, Media Studies, Social and Political Change Group, University of Technology Sydney, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Catriona Bonfiglioli	30 June, 2014
Brief interventions for weight management in primary care	Amanda Lewis Department of Primary Care Health Science, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Amanda Lewis	22 March, 2014
Comparative political ecologies of food and diet: systems of provision in Trinidad and Cuba	Marisa Wilson, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the UBVO semianr series	Marisa Wilson	22 March, 2014
The intimacies of the celebrity chef industry: affects, effects and the mediation of eating	Emma-Jayne Abbots University of Wales, Trinity St David, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Emma-Jayne Abbots	22 March, 2014
Obesity and physical activity: from behaviour to environment	Jean-Michel Oppert Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine (CRNH), Paris, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Jean-Michel Oppert	22 March, 2014
Liminal living: eating disordered embodiment and the reconfiguring of social being	Karin Eli, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Karin Eli	22 March, 2014
Biocultural perspectives on globalizing fat stigma	Professor Alexandra Brewis, Director of Human Evolution and Social Change and ASU-Mayo Obesity Solutions, gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar series	Alexandra Brewis	9 December, 2013
Tropical Medicine Obesity, systems and complexity	Harry Rutter. Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Harry Rutter	9 December, 2013
Feeding the Elderly: A study of political, societal and individual practices regarding food for the elderly in Denmark 1880-2013	Jenna Jensen, University of Copenhagen, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series	Jenna Jensen	9 December, 2013
Behavioural economics and eating habits	Michèle Belot, School of Economics, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Michèle Belot	9 December, 2013
Status Food and State Food: Notes on Obesity in Cuba	Giovanna Neri, Study Coordinator in Clinical Trials, Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Giovanna Neri	29 April, 2013
Beyond fat tax: What is the role and potential of food taxes?	Hannah Graff, National Heart Forum, gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar Series on 22nd November 2012.	Hannah Graff	25 March, 2013
Network mathematics in the social sciences: concepts, applications, and perspectives into obesity and public health	Mariano Beguerisse-Diaz,Department of Mathematics and Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar Series on 31st January 2013.	Mariano Beguerisse-Diaz	25 March, 2013
Infant feeding at home and in the nursery in post-1945 Britain: an oral history approach	Angela Davis, Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Warwick, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series on 7th February 2013.	Angela Davis	25 March, 2013
Minority families and barriers to health care	Hiranthi Jayaweera, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Hiranthi Jayaweera	25 March, 2013
Treating obesity early in life: the common misunderstandings between parents and health care providers	Laurel Edmunds, Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Laurel Edmunds	25 March, 2013
Children's eating habits and food preferences: determinants and consequences	Lucy Cooke, Health Behaviour Research Centre, University College London, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Lucy Cooke	25 March, 2013
Social marketing and public health with Change4Life	Podcast looking at the way in which public health campaigns, in particular the Change4Life campaign are marketed. By Kevin Chan, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge.	Kevin Chan	21 January, 2013
Eating NatureCulture: material feminism and maternal obesity	Megan Warin, University of Adelaide, Australia, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Megan Waren	5 November, 2012
Childhood obesity: what are its future health and social consequences?	Jennifer Baker,Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College London, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Jennifer Baker	5 November, 2012
Resilience building in trajectories towards sustainability: an examination of communal growing in the UK	Rebecca White, Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Rebecca White	5 November, 2012
Visual political economies and the favelas of Rio de Janeiro	Udi Butler, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Udi Butler	5 November, 2012
Parents as gatekeepers: introduction to family therapy in obesity treatment	Paulina Nowicka, Dept of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Paulina Nowicka	5 November, 2012
5 SOLDIERS - The Body Is The Frontline	Embodying soldier's physicality through research and training and how this approach affected the final production and audience experience.	Rosie Kay	5 November, 2012
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.	Caroline Potter	31 May, 2011
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.	Tenna Jensen	27 May, 2011
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.	Abdulrahman El-Sayid	27 May, 2011
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.	Michael Goran	6 April, 2011
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.	Karin Eli	6 April, 2011
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.	Paul Kelly, Aiden Doherty	6 April, 2011
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.	Cressida Marcus	6 April, 2011
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.	Kerry O'Brien	6 April, 2011
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.	Nikola Koepke	27 July, 2010
International Initiatives in Obesity Prevention	Phillip James gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series in Hilary term, 2008.	Phillip James	20 July, 2010
Understanding Determinants of Phenotypic Variation: A Gloomy Prospect?	George Davey Smith gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series in Hilary term, 2008.	George Davey Smith	20 July, 2010
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'.	Maciej Henneberg	20 July, 2010
From Within	Annie Cattrell, a Senior Research Fellow in De Montfort University gives a talk for the UBVO Seminar Series.	Annie Cattrell	20 July, 2010
Korea: Indications and Implications	Daniel Schwekendiek from the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology in Oxford gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Daniel Schwkendiek	20 July, 2010
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'.	Aravinda Gunupalli	20 July, 2010
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.	Peter Whybrow	20 July, 2010
Physiological Demands of Dance	Emma Redding of The Laban Contemporary Dance studio in London gives a talk for the UBVO seminar series.	Emma Redding	20 July, 2010
Why people get fat: an integral approach	Mike Rayner and Stanley Uljiaszek give a talk about the causes of obesity on 7th November 2007.	Mike Rayner, Stanley Ulijaszek	12 February, 2010
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.	Nicholas Timpson	12 February, 2010
Networks and Obesity	Stanley Ulijaszek, Professor of Human Ecology, Director of UBVO, University of Oxford, gives a talk on networks and obesity.	Stanley Ulijaszek	12 February, 2010

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