Book Launch: Models of Obesity
Models of Obesity: From Ecology to Complexity in Science and Policy, Stanley Ulijaszek, St Cross Fellow

Taking a comparative approach, this book investigates the ways in which obesity and its susceptibilities are framed in science and policy and how they might work better. Providing a clear, authoritative voice on the debate, the author builds on early work to engage further in ecological and complexity thinking in obesity. Many of the models that have emerged since obesity became a population-level issue are examined, including the energy balance model, and models used to examine human body fatness from a range of perspectives including evolutionary, anthropological, environmental, and political viewpoints. The book is ideal for those working on, or interested in, obesity science, health policy, health economics, evolutionary medicine, medical sociology, nutrition and public health who want to understand the shifts that have taken place in obesity science, policy and intervention in the past 40 years.
Date: 27 November 2017, 17:00 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue: St Cross College, St Giles OX1 3LZ
Venue Details: West Wing Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Stanley Ulijaszek (Professor of Human Ecology, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford)
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Booking required?: Not required
Cost: FREE
Audience: Public
Editor: Ella Bedrock