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Andrew Stokes, Boston University – Obesity Paradox
Does being obese protect you from getting certain diseases? Andrew Stokes, assistant professor in the school of public health at Boston University, explains how this paradoxically way of thinking came to be and what his research says on this debate. Research and Teaching Interests include: Global health, demography, medical sociology, epidemiology, health disparities, obesity, chronic…
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This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.12.14)
This Week on The Academic Minute 2015.12.14 Monday, December 14 Amy Nuttall of Michigan State University discusses how the dangers of overburdening children with caregiving responsibilities.. Tuesday, December 15 Andrew Stokes of Boston University will examine the obesity paradox. Wednesday, December 16 Pia Steensland of the Karolinska Institutet delves into a possible new treatment for alcohol dependence. Thursday, December 17 Tom Stace of…
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The Academic Minute for 2015.11.9-11.13
Catch up with The Academic Minute from 11.9 – 11.13 Monday, November 9 Christopher Salas-Wright – University of Texas at Austin Immigrants and Crime Dr. Christopher Salas-Wright is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin. He received his PhD from Boston College and completed an NIH-funded postdoctoral fellowship…
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Yvette Cozier, Boston University – Obesity & Racism
Both racism and obesity are significant problems independent of one another. Yvette Cozier, assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University, suggests these issues are intertwined in the lives of some African-American women. Dr. Cozier is an investigator on the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS), a prospective follow-up of over 59,000 African American women begun in 1995.…