Feeling the ‘weight’ of expectation: The necessity of understanding ‘obesity’ as a biopsychosocial phenomenon

Dr Thao Dam explores how food is experienced digitally, through the Korean-originated practice of mukhbang, where people pay to watch others eat inline.

Dr Francesca Forno, Associate professor at the University of Trento discusses how new, grassroots food movements are using online platforms and how their online platforms are being appropriated by bigger businesses.

Dr Jeremy Brice explores how consumer choice is governed, protected, and cared for by firms which operate digital marketplace platforms from the likes of Deliveroo to Amazon Fresh.

Dr Anna Macready, associate professor in the School of Agriculture Policy and Development at the University of Reading, takes us through personalised nutrition and asks, ‘is there a right or wrong diet?’

This UBVO seminar was given by Alexandra Brewis (Arizona State University) on 3 December 2020

This UBVO seminar was presented by Zoe Meleo-Erwin (William Paterson University of New Jersey) on 19 November 2020

This UBVO seminar was presented by Adam Gilbertson (University of North Carolina) on 12 November 2020

This UBVO seminar was presented by Ben Wurgaft (MIT) on 5 November 2020

A UBVO seminar presented by Oli Williams (King's College London) on 29 October 2020

This UBVO seminar was given by Rebecca Puhl (University of Connecticut) on 22 October 2020