Oxford Events, the new replacement for OxTalks, will launch on 16th March. From now until the launch of Oxford Events, new events cannot be published or edited on OxTalks while all existing records are migrated to the new platform. The existing OxTalks site will remain available to view during this period.
From 16th, Oxford Events will launch on a new website: events.ox.ac.uk, and event submissions will resume. You will need a Halo login to submit events. Full details are available on the Staff Gateway.
The global epidemic of obesity presents a major and growing threat to both health and equity. The arrival of GLP1 agonist drugs has been transformational for many people, but they do not eliminate the problem, and they bring some problems of their own. Public, media and political discourse around obesity is dominated by a framing that places responsibility at the individual level, but the fundamental drivers of the problem are structural.
It has become a cliché to describe obesity as a complex problem, but all too often this rhetoric does not translate into reality. We need to move beyond cliché to examine and address complex interactions between multiple factors, ranging from structural incentives within our research systems to the actions of corporations, from sustainable food systems to tackling stigma. None of this is or will be easy, especially in the current geopolitical climate, but meaningful engagement with complexity may help us to meet at least some of these pressing challenges.
