Obesity: balanced diets and treatment

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Obesity: balanced diets and treatment provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 15 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • The incidence of obesity is on the increase in affluent societies, and the phenomenon commands increasing attention from health professionals, legislators and the media. This free course, Obesity: ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 The components of a balanced diet
    • 1 The components of a balanced diet
    • 1.1 Balanced energy intake
    • 1.2 Inadequate intake
    • 1.3 Obesity
    • 1.4 Obesity treatment
    • 2 Genes, environment and the causes of obesity
    • 2 Genes, environment and the causes of obesity
    • 2.1 Ron revisited
    • 2.2 Experimental studies of energy balance
    • 2.3 Obesity – an evolutionary perspective
    • 2.4 Obesity and brain reward systems
    • 2.5 Obesity and ageing
    • 2.6 A gene ‘for’ obesity?
    • 2.7 Treatments for obesity
    • 2.7.1 Adipose tissue
    • 2.8 Summary of Section 2
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements