The instruments by which we estimate obesity, bodies, food and physical activity are often taken for granted, and the institutions that contribute to our understandings of obesity and its drivers often sit in the background, but have their own histories and reasons for being. These interviews shed light on both.

How mapping frames obesity and chronic disease risk factors 

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Danny Dorling

University of Oxford
 

Listen Here (Recorded Fall 2019; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 AUSTRALIAN SENATE INQUIRY INTO OBESITY 2018

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Megan Warin

University of Adelaide
 

Listen Here (Recorded Fall 2018; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

Nutrition and aging well: evidence from centenarians 

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Claudio Franceschi 

University of Bologna
 

Listen Here  (Recorded Summer 2019; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 FOOD, COMMENSALITY, AND THE SODA TAX

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Marion Nestle and Claude Fischler 

NYU Steinhardt School, New York; CNRS Paris

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Listen Here (Recorded Spring 2018; In conversation with Stanley Ulijaszek)

 WHaT'S NEXT? THE NATIONAL OBESITY OBSERVATORY

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Harry Rutter

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Listen Here (Recorded Spring 2016; Interview led by Caroline Potter)

 CLOTHES, SIZING AND OBESITY 

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Maciej Henneberg

University of Adelaide
 

Listen Here (Recorded Winter 2014; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 ThE BODY MASS INDEX IN OBESITY REPoRTING 

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Philip James

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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Listen Here (Recorded Fall 2016; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 THE FUTURE OF BREAD

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Andrew Ross

Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

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Listen Here (Recorded Summer 2018; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 EVOLVING HUMAN NUTRITION

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Stanley Ulijaszek

University of Oxford

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Listen Here (Recorded Summer 2014; Interview led by Robyn Williams, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 Family interventions for childhood obesity

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Paulina Nowicka

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

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Listen Here (Recorded Fall 2015; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 CHILDHOOD OBESITY IN PORTUGAL

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Cristina Padez

University of Coimbra

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Listen Here (Recorded Winter 2017; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 MALAYSIAN FOOD BAROMETER

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Elise Mognard

Taylor's University, Kuala Lumpur
 

Listen Here (Recorded Spring 2016; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

SUGAR, METABOLISMS AND TAXATION

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Michael Goran

University of Southern California, Los Angeles

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Listen Here (Recorded Fall 2015; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 BARIATRIC SURGERY IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

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Claude Marcus 

Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm

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Listen Here (Recorded Fall 2015; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE, ENERGY BALANCE AND OBESITY

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Michael Symonds

University of Nottingham

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Listen Here (Recorded Fall 2015; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 THE UK FOOD NETWORKS RESPONSIBILITY DEAL

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Susan Jebb

University of Oxford

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Listen Here (Recorded Summer 2016; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)

 IS OBESITY A DISEASE?

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Paul Griffiths

University of Sydney
 

Listen Here (Recorded Winter 2014; Interview led by Stanley Ulijaszek)