Oxford Obesity - Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity, University of Oxford

Michelle Pentecost, Kings College London, on ‘Preconception interventions: the future of obesity prevention strategies?’  Chaired by Stanley Ulijaszek.

Hannah Graff, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ‘Talking sugar in South Africa’ 

Karen Watson, of Imperial College London talks about ‘The role of popular culture in creating new norms for wellness’. Chaired by Stanley Ulijaszek.

Teresa Mares, of the University of Vermont, talks about  ‘Life on the other border: farmworkers and food justice in Vermont’

Alex Brewis Slade, of Arizona State University, gives a presentation entitled 'Lazy, crazy and disgusting. Stigma and the undoing of global health'

Zoe Meleo-Erwin, William Paterson University of New Jersey gives a presentation on 'Connection and conflict: How neoliberal healthism and inequality shape bariatric surgery support forum dynamics'. Chaired by Stanley Ulijaszek.

Oli Williams, King's College London, talks about 'Feeling the 'weight' of expectation: The necessity of understanding 'obesity' as a biopsychosocial phenomenon'. Chaired by Stanley Ulijaszek.

Adam Gilbertson, of the University of North Carolina, talks about ‘Voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention in Kenya: Anthropology and ethics in the pursuit of public health’

Ben Wurgaft, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, talks about ‘Cultured meat as a case study in the future of food’

Rebecca Puhl, of the University of Connecticut gives a presentation on ‘The damaging impact of weight stigma: Psychosocial stress and harmful health consequences’. Chaired by Stanley Ulijaszek.