Search
Cancel
Sign In

Principles of Obesity Economics

Go to class
Write Review

Free Online Course: Principles of Obesity Economics provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-5 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Principles of Obesity Economics is taught by Kevin Frick.

Johns Hopkins University via Coursera
3-5 hours a week
Finished
Overview

  • Economics motivates consumer behavior based on preferences, relative prices,and time and money constraints.  Economics motivates the role forgovernment based on market failure.  Obesity has been deemed a criticalpublic health problem.  This course explores how consumer choiceslead to individuals being different weights and discusses whether thereis an economic rationale for government intervention in the markets mostclosely related to food and activity choices. 

    Course Objectives

    • Define the concept of consumer sovereignty 
    • Describe how consumers are thought to make choices based on a combination of preferences, relatively prices, and time and money constraints 
    • Describe economic motivations for government action in markets 
    • Consider arguments regarding the appropriateness of a government role in markets that are related to obesity in adults and children

Syllabus

  • Week 1: Learn some background information about economics, and lea about the epidemiology of obesity and  about direct and indirect costs; andtake a quiz to assess what you have learned; introduce yourself to the class; and begin to have discussions using economic terminology on the S

    Week 2:     Learn about  both economic and on-economic influences on obesity;  take a quiz to assess wha you have learned; and begin to apply economic logic to potential policies o change consumer behaviors

    Week 3: Learn about the limits of consumer sovereignty, how economists motivate government policies, and what some economists hink about policies that have already been tried; take a quiz to assess what you have learned; and write a basic policy analysis

    Week 4: Complete the final quiz, assess the written work of you peers; and continue to discuss how incentives, information, and constraints affect individuals' choices of food and activity levels and result in individuals being widely varying weights  

← Prev Next →
2, based on 9 Course votes at GetYourEducation

Start your review of Principles of Obesity Economics

Add review ->
Tags
usa
Related courses by Rating

English for Research Publication Purposes

Provider: Coursera
Language: English

Abnormal Psychology

Provider: Swayam
Language: English

Algorithms and Data Structures

Provider: edX
Language: English

Applied Text Mining in Python

Provider: Coursera
Language: English

Becoming Part of the Globalised Workplace

Provider: Coursera
Language: English

Blockchain Basics

Provider: Coursera
Language: English
Related courses by Level

ANIMATIONs

Beginner
Provider: Swayam
Language: English

Adobe Lightroom Classic Fundamentals

Beginner
Provider: CreativeLive
Language: English

Build, Train, and Deploy ML Pipelines using BERT

Beginner
Provider: Coursera
Language: English

English for Research Publication Purposes

Beginner
Provider: Coursera
Language: English

English for Research Publication Purposes

Beginner
Provider: Coursera
Language: English

Introduction to Bohemian Watercolor Techniques

Beginner
Provider: Skillshare
Language: English
Browse by subject
Browse by provider
Browse by university
Browse by institution
College Rankings