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Nutrition Science: Obesity and Healthy Weight Loss by Futurelearn
Delve into the lifestyle contributors and lived experience of obesity and how to healthily promote weight loss.
Course Highlights
- Discuss the major lifestyle contributors to obesity and weight gain in society and the challenges for prevention and treatment.
- Explain the principles of nutrition and how they impact weight loss and critically evaluate the evidence base for nutrition guidelines.
- Apply knowledge of the physiological and psychological bases of obesity and weight gain and critically evaluate how they can impact weight wellness.
- Explain the barriers and enablers to post weight loss management and understand their impact on longer term weight management.
- Reflect on and describe the strengths and limitations of weight loss methods and evaluate these with supporting evidence.
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
6 Topics
Welcome to the Course
Is Obesity a Disease?
How do we Measure Obesity?
Is it all in the Genes?
The Science of Food Choice and Behaviour
End of the Week Summary
4 Topics
Welcome to week 2
Popular Diets and Dieting Myths
Clinical and Patient Perspective
End of the Week Summary
4 Topics
Welcome to Week 3
The Role of Physical Activity and Sleep
Alternative approaches in body weight managment
End of the Week Summary
6 Topics
Welcome to Week 4
Time of Eating
Obesity - Personal or State Responsibility?
Post Weight-Loss Wellness
End of Week Summary
End of Course Video
Nutrition Science: Obesity and Healthy Weight Loss
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