A number of journal articles have recently been published by members of our Food Research Network on the topic of nutrition and obesity.
Amanda's primary research focuses on weight (obesity) management in primary care.
UBVO seminar series - Michaelmas Term 2013
Speaker: Jean-Michel Oppert, Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine (CRNH), Paris
Date: 28 November (Thursday, week 7)
Time: 1 - 2pm
Venue: 61 Banbury Road (Seminar Room), Oxford OX2 6PE
Speaker: Annalijn Conklin, Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), University of Cambridge
Date: 21 November (Thursday, week 6)
Speaker: Harry Rutter, Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Date: 14 November (Thursday, week 5)
Speaker: Bea Prentiss, Queen’s University, Belfast
Date: 31 October (Thursday, week 3)
Speaker: Michèle Belot, School of Economics, University of Edinburgh
Date: 24 October (Thursday, week 2)
Speaker: Alexandra Brewis, School of Human Evolution and Social Change & ASU-Mayo Clinic Obesity Solutions, Arizona State University
Date: 17 October (Thursday, week 1)
Here are the details of the UBVO seminar series for Michaelmas Term 2013. You can download the poster for the seminar series here.
For further information about the Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity, please visit their website.
Seminars are generally 35-40 minutes in length, followed by 20 minutes of discussion time.
Mike Rayner, Director of the British Heart Foundation Health Promotion Research Group, was quoted in the Guardian on Saturday in an article about sugar, obesity, and the pros and cons of a tax on sugary foods and drinks.
