Upcoming seminarS and events
hilay term 2021
Thursdays, 4-5pm
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Meeting ID: 824 9874 3519
Passcode: 840025
Week 1: January 21
Teresa Mares, University of Vermont
Life on the border: farmworkers and food justice in Vermont
Week 2: January 28
Hannah Graff, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Talking sugar in South Africa
Week 3: February 4
Karen Watson, Imperial College London
The role of popular culture in creating new norms for wellness
Week 4: February 11 *2-3pm*
Michelle Pentecost, Kings College London
Pre-conception interventions: the future of obesity prevention strategies?
Week 5: Febuary 18
Fiona Lavelle, Queens University Belfast
From the pandemic to the pan: A cross-continental overview of changes in consumers' cooking and food practices during COVID-19
Week 6: February 25
Carol Ferreira and Brunoi Gualano, University of Sao Paulo
Connection and conflict: How neoliberal healthism and inequality shape bariatric surgery support forum dynamics
Week 7: March 4
Erik Hemmingsson, Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm
The social origins of childhood obesity
Week 8: March 11
John Komlos, University of Munich
Post-COVID-19 futures: The need for a paradigm shift in economics