Fatness and the body 5/5: When the measure becomes the metric - making sense of the body mass index in research and practice

Unit for Biocultural Variation and Obesity (UBVO) seminars
24/06/2024 44 min

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How body size is used in research and discourse on health, bringing together theory from anthropology, sociology, public health and more. With llya Gutin, University of Texas at Austin

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