Network for Indigenous Mexican Studies (NIMS)

Dear Colleagues

I am very pleased to announce that the Network for Indigenous Mexican Studies (NIMS) was launched yesterday, during the Annual Conference of the Society for Latin-American Studies (SLAS), in Sheffield.

 

The Network for Indigenous Mexican Studies is hosted by the University of Sheffield and aims to bring together academics from across the disciples with a shared interest in the indigenous cultures of Mexico. We hope to facilitate interdisciplinary research and promote a respect  and appreciation of these cultures, both ancient and modern. I am very proud to be one of the founding members of NIMS.

 

We welcome interested colleagues from all disciplines.

 

Please check our website (http://www.nims.group.shef.ac.uk/) and, if you tweet, than follow us @mexicanstudies.

 

I would appreciate very much if you forward this information to anybody you think may be interested.

 

Kind regards

Ines

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Dr. Maria Inês Varela-Silva, BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Lecturer in Human Biology

DPS-Placements Coordinator for the Human Biology Programme

Centre for Global Health and Human Development

Loughborough University (SSEHS)

Brockington Extension, 2nd floor, Loughborough, LE11 3TU - UK

email: M.I.O.Varela-Silva@lboro.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0)1509 228164

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http://uk.linkedin.com/in/inesvarelasilva

http://bemicelu.blogspot.com/

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Maria Ines Varela-Silva

Lecturer in Human Biology, Loughborough University

Human growth and development - nutrition transition - migrants - Maya - Mexico 

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[ ]	Rapid change in height and body proportions of Maya American children B Bogin, P Smith, AB Orden, MI Varela Silva, J Loucky American Journal of Human Biology 14 (6), 753-761	99		2002
[ ]	Life history trade‐offs in human growth: Adaptation or pathology? B Bogin, MIV Silva, L Rios American Journal of Human Biology 19 (5), 631-642	43		2007
[ ]	Economic and anthropological assessments of the health of children in Maya immigrant families in the US PK Smith, B Bogin, MI Varela-Silva, J Loucky Economics & Human Biology 1 (2), 145-160	43		2003
[ ]	Leg length, body proportion, and health: a review with a note on beauty B Bogin, MI Varela-Silva International journal of environmental research and public health 7 (3 ...	20		2010
[ ]	How genetic are human body proportions B Bogin, M Kapell, MI Varela Silva, AB Orden, PK Smith, J Loucky Perspectives in human growth, development and maturation. Dordrecht: Kluwer ...	19		2001
[ ]	Behavioral, environmental, metabolic and intergenerational components of early life undernutrition leading to later obesity in developing nations and in minority groups in the USA MI Varela-Silva, AR Frisancho, B Bogin, D Chatkoff, PK Smith, F Dickinson, D ... Collegium antropologicum 31 (1), 39	15		2007
[ ]	Influence of maternal stature, pregnancy age, and infant birth weight on growth during childhood in Yucatan, Mexico: a test of the intergenerational effects hypothesis MI Varela‐Silva, H Azcorra, F Dickinson, B Bogin, AR Frisancho American Journal of Human Biology 21 (5), 657-663	15		2009
[ ]	Does immigration help or harm children's health? The Mayan case PK Smith, B Bogin, MI Varela–Silva, B Orden, J Loucky Social Science Quarterly 83 (4), 994-1002	15		2002
[ ]	Fatness biases the use of estimated leg length as an epidemiological marker for adults in the NHANES III sample B Bogin, MI Varela-Silva International journal of epidemiology 37 (1), 201-209	14		2008
[ ]	Anthropometric variation and health: a biocultural model of human growth B Bogin, MI Varela-Silva Informa UK Ltd UK	9		2011
[ ]	Height and relative leg length as indicators of the quality of the environment among Mozambican juveniles and adolescents C Padez, MI Varela‐Silva, B Bogin American Journal of Human Biology 21 (2), 200-209	6		2009
[ ]	Growth as a measure of socioeconomic inequalities and poor living conditions among Portuguese, Cape Verdean-Portuguese, and Cape Verdean children, between 1993 and 2001 MI Varela-Silva, B Bogin Proceedings of the 1 st Lusophone Africa Conference: Intersections Between ...	5		2003
[ ]	Prospects for Welfare Alleviation in an Obesogenic Environment PK Smith, B Bogin, MI Varela-Silva, B Gossiaux Contemporary Poverty and Welfare Alleviation Issues. Hauppauge, NY: Nova ...	2		2006
[ ]	Growth and nutritional status of Portuguese children from Lisbon, and their parents. Notes on time trends between 1971 and 2001 MI Varela-Silva, I Fragoso, F Vieira Annals of Human Biology 37 (5), 702-716	2		2010
[ ]	How useful is BMI in predicting adiposity indicators in a sample of Maya children and women with high levels of stunting? HJ Wilson, F Dickinson, PL Griffiths, H Azcorra, B Bogin, M InÊS Varela‐Silva American Journal of Human Biology			2011
[ ]	Increasing the Kissing Rate in the USA MIV Silva Annals of Improbable Research 8 (3), 5-7			2002
[ ]	Logistics of using the Actiheart physical activity monitors in urban Mexico among 7‐to 9‐year‐old children H Wilson, F Dickinson, P Griffiths, B Bogin, MI Varela‐silva American Journal of Human Biology			2011
[ ]	Author/Session Index MP Aiello, JPM Allman, AP Arnaiz-Villena, IP Azam, KP Begum, TP Bekelman, RP ... AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY 22 (278)			2010
[ ]	The Nutritional Dual-Burden in Developing Countries–How is it Assessed and What Are the Health Implications? MI Varela-Silva, F Dickinson, H Wilson, H Azcorra, PL Griffiths, B Bogin Coll. Antropol 36 (1), 39-45			2012
[ ]	Author/Session Index CP Amorim, PP Barrientos, LP Becker, KP Begum, RP Bender, MP Blell, EP ... American Journal of Human Biology 23 (285)			2011

 

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Ines has a new book chapter published

Just got a new book chapter published...

Varela-Silva MI, Bogin B (2012). Leg Length and Anthropometric Applications: Effects on Health and Disease. In V.R. Preedy (ed.), Handbook of Anthropometry: Physical Measures of Human Form in Health and Disease, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1788-1_43,© Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 (Chapter 43, pp 769-783).



New paper published

Our research group just had another paper published.
"The Nutritional Dual-Burden in Developing Countries. How is it assessed and what are the health implications? Collegium Antropologicum. Check it out!

http://www.collantropol.hr/_doc/Coll.%20Antropol.%2036%20(2012)%201:%2039%E2%80%9345.pdf

Photo competition - part 2

I just found out I had another photo "commended" on the conference last Monday.
Here it is:



(c) copyright Ines Varela-Silva (2012), Loughborough University

 Title: Stature as a measure of social inequalities

Author: Inês Varela-Silva
Location: Colonia San Jose Tecoh, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico

Description: Reflected in the patterns of growth of human populations are ‘the material and moral conditions of a society’ (Prof. James Tanner, 1986).

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I am the one in the photo (on the right). My stature is ONLY 159cm. I am not tall at all...but look how taller I am in comparison with this Maya grandmother.

Photo Competition Award




(c) Copyright Ines Varela-Silva, 2012, Loughborough University

I was awarded yesterday (6 March 2012) the Second Prize Picture at the Loughborough University Research Conference (Photo Competition). This was the photo:

Title: Nutrition transition

Location
Celestun, Yucatan, Mexico

Description
The switch from traditional diets (high-fibre, low-fat, and low-calorie foods) to globalized diets (low-fibre, high-fat, high-calorie foods) is happening throughout the developing world.
The Maya are not an exception. Our research shows that, even in small communities like Celestun, fast food chains and nutritionally poor beverages are changing the dietary patterns of the populations and partially contributing for the increase in the obesity epidemic.

Research supported by the Wenner-Gren Foundation. International Collaborative Research Grants (#ICRG-93).

Great work is being done by the Foundation "Save the Children". See the video and consider donating...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmV8OIfxt3I

Society for Latin American Studies Conference 2012

Ines Varela-Silva and Barry Bogin will be presenting their research with the Maya at the Society for Latin American Studies Conference 2012 (18-20 April, 2012 in Sheffield).
Check details of registration and programme here

Human experiments: Guatemala, 1940s

In the 1940s, US doctors deliberately infected thousands of Guatemalans with venereal diseases. The wound is still raw. (By Matthew Walter)

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Research humour



Research is an amazing phenomenon! Happy Valentine to all of you!



Trader Joe's signs Fair Food Agreement. Some Maya will benefit

  But a lot more needs to be done!

		Trader Joe's Relents To Pressure, Signs Fair Food Agreement
	Trader Joe's relented this week and signed a Fair Food Agreement with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community-based organization of mainly Latino, Mayan...

Working with Latino families

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New blog with jobs and conferences information

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Grant proposal submitted to the British Academy

Just submitted a grant proposal to the British Academy.
Title: Migration, nutrition and health among the Maya in Yucatan".
Fingers crossed now!

Human Evolution Timeline Interactive | The Smithsonian Institution's Human Origins Program

Let's put things in perspective. This is a great teaching tool, as well

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New paper in Press

We have a new paper coming out:

 

Varela-Silva MI, Dickinson F, Wilson H, Azcorra H, Griffiths PL, Bogin B. (2012). The Nutritional Dual-Burden in Developing Countries. How is it Assessed and what Are the Health Implications? Collegium Antropologicum, in press

Short course: Prevention Strategies for non-communicable diseases

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