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Exploring Environmental Causes of Obesity en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:11:01 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13529#post-168421 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:20:14 +0000 chdot 168421@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/fiona-mccade-making-a-meal-of-obese-health-minister-1-3574256" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/fiona-mccade-making-a-meal-of-obese-health-minister-1-3574256</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13529#post-167257 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:07:48 +0000 kaputnik 167257@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Previous "Obesogenic" thread; <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6668" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6668</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13529#post-167256 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:04:49 +0000 PS 167256@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Explains the criminal tendencies of the Romans. :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13529#post-167255 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:54:40 +0000 I were right about that saddle 167255@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Needleman study is so old I knew about it when I was an undergraduate. The latest work is by a chap called Nevin and starts with this paper;</p> <p><a href="http://www.ricknevin.com/uploads/Nevin_2000_Env_Res_Author_Manuscript.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.ricknevin.com/uploads/Nevin_2000_Env_Res_Author_Manuscript.pdf</a></p> <p>Nice summary here;</p> <p><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline" rel="nofollow">http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13529#post-167253 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:35:55 +0000 chdot 167253@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I was gobsmacked by the recent correlation of environmental lead and crime."</p> <p>I remember the successful Campaign Against Lead In Petrol. </p> <p>There were certainly concerns about damage to children's brain, but I don't remember if there was direct evidence or suggestions of criminal consequences at the time. </p> <p>Random -</p> <p>"</p> <p>Some of these researches include the studies of child behaviour by Dr. Oliver David, of the Brooklyn Medical Centre, Dr. Needleman's findings at Harvard University, and the recent report on "Spaghetti junction" in Birmingham, to which the Minister who is to reply wrote the foreword, in which he admits that it gives some indication that there may be a problem of lead intake for some preschool children living in central areas. Even more recently, Dr. Gerhard Winneke, of Dusseldorf university, has carried out a study that yields supporting evidence of a connection between a chronic increase in lead absorption in early childhood and neuro-psychological injury.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1978/dec/12/lead-pollution" rel="nofollow">http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1978/dec/12/lead-pollution</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13529#post-167250 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:28:24 +0000 I were right about that saddle 167250@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pity that's in the middle of a working day - I'd be keen to learn about the links between environmental toxins and obesity. Most interesting - I was gobsmacked by the recent correlation of environmental lead and crime. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13529#post-167246 Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:15:06 +0000 SRD 167246@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Fat Places? Exploring Environmental Causes of Obesity</p> <p>Speaker: Professor Julie Guthman, a renowned food scholar from the University of California.<br /> Title: Fat Places? Exploring Environmental Causes of Obesity<br /> Date: Friday the 10th of October<br /> Time: 11:00 -13:00 (light lunch provided)<br /> Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB) 6th floor Common Room</p> <p>Prof Guthman will talk about her work on obesity, which takes a critical political economy perspective and seeks to relate obesity with current dynamics of capitalism. In this talk, she will<br /> explore some of the conceptual and empirical limitations of the ‘obesogenic environment’ thesis – the idea that people have become fatter because they live in environments where fast, nutritionally debilitated food is ubiquitous and opportunities for physical activity are limited. Especially in light of emerging evidence that environmental toxins are playing a significant role in contemporary obesity, she will discuss some of the implications of these findings for food governance. The seminar will be followed by a light lunch to prolong the conversation. </p> <p>No need to book – just show up! Hope to see you there – keep an eye on our website for more forthcoming seminars!<br /> <a href="http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/research/research_centres/cross_school_research_clusters/food_researchers_in_edinburgh_fried" rel="nofollow">http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/research/research_centres/cross_school_research_clusters/food_researchers_in_edinburgh_fried</a> </p>