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  1. SRD
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    Fat Places? Exploring Environmental Causes of Obesity

    Speaker: Professor Julie Guthman, a renowned food scholar from the University of California.
    Title: Fat Places? Exploring Environmental Causes of Obesity
    Date: Friday the 10th of October
    Time: 11:00 -13:00 (light lunch provided)
    Venue: Chrystal Macmillan Building (CMB) 6th floor Common Room

    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
    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.

    No need to book – just show up! Hope to see you there – keep an eye on our website for more forthcoming seminars!
    http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/research/research_centres/cross_school_research_clusters/food_researchers_in_edinburgh_fried

    Posted 10 years ago #

  2. I were right about that saddle
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    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.

    Posted 10 years ago #

  3. chdot
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    "I was gobsmacked by the recent correlation of environmental lead and crime."

    I remember the successful Campaign Against Lead In Petrol.

    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.

    Random -

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    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.

    "

    http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1978/dec/12/lead-pollution

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  4. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    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;

    http://www.ricknevin.com/uploads/Nevin_2000_Env_Res_Author_Manuscript.pdf

    Nice summary here;

    http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2013/01/lead-crime-link-gasoline

    Posted 10 years ago #

  5. PS
    Member

    Explains the criminal tendencies of the Romans. :D

    Posted 10 years ago #

  6. kaputnik
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    Previous "Obesogenic" thread; http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6668

    Posted 10 years ago #

  7. chdot
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    http://www.scotsman.com/news/fiona-mccade-making-a-meal-of-obese-health-minister-1-3574256

    Posted 10 years ago #

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