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Moments in Medicine podcast - The History of Fat

Friday 08 May 2009 12:32 BST
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Featuring the history of fat and our body image down the centuries, the first in our series of Moments in Medicine podcasts explores the impact medicine has on our lives and how it has changed through the ages.

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The Centre for the History of Health, Medicine and Society: Past and Present at Oxford Brookes University is one of the premier places to study the history of medicine. Sponsored by the Wellcome Trust, its team of researchers was awarded the highest 5* status for research in 2000 and an international research rating in 2007. Today, the 13 full-time staff are at the cutting-edge of research and are committed to being at the forefront of outreach, too.

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