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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Easing the burden of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease by The University of Sydney

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14 reviews

About the Course

This course is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to equip the global audience of interested lay people, people with chronic disease, public health researchers, health clinicians, students, administrators, and researchers to reflect on the overall impact of the burden of chronic disease . It shows how all chronic diseases (obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and cancer) are related by a set of common causes, and that such diseases should be tackled, not individually, but as part of a complex system, with interrelated contributing factors. These factors are genetic, environmental, psychological, economic, social, developmental, and media related. The Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney is a unique interdisciplinary education and research hub which seeks solutions to chronic disease through a complex systems approach. Academics in many disciplines (in Science and Medicine, but also in Architecture, Humanities, Law etc) work in a collaborative fashion to produce novel solutions to the problems of chronic disease. All contributors and participants in this course are members of the Charles Perkins Centre and will speak from the unique interdisciplinary perspective that this Centre affords. The course will describe a complex systems approach as the most productive way to ease the burden of chronic disease. It then describes these diseases in detail, their risk factors, and the environmental and biological factors that have led to the current epidemic of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Finally, the solutions – and more importantly the process for finding solutions- is the subject of the last module. No one approach by itself can ever be the answer, and certainly not a simple diet and exercise approach. The entire course consists of 5 content modules, plus an extra module for completing assignments and discussions, and takes about 6 weeks to complete. Completion certificates are issued on the basis of participation in all 6 modules. What you'll learn: - How the Charles Perkins Centre recruits interdisciplinary teams to ease the burden of chronic disease - How a complex systems approach is necessary to provide solutions to a complex problem - The fundamentals of chronic disease research and where it is heading - The biggest risk factors for chronic disease and their global incidence - The biological, genetic, social, regulatory, and other influences that have inflated these risk factors - How to provide solutions globally for the reduction of chronic disease...

Top reviews

FA

Nov 16, 2018

I HAVE LEARNT SO MANY THINGS THAT HOW WE CAN CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY TO COMBAT CHRONIC DISEASES THE MATTER ONLY LIES IN TAKING THE SINGLE STEP OF REFORM

LL

Nov 19, 2017

Very interesting and educational course. I would recommend it to anyone interested in chronic diseases or anyone who wants to live a healthy life.

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By Fatima S A

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Nov 16, 2018

I HAVE LEARNT SO MANY THINGS THAT HOW WE CAN CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY TO COMBAT CHRONIC DISEASES THE MATTER ONLY LIES IN TAKING THE SINGLE STEP OF REFORM

By Ramdas M

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Aug 22, 2018

This helped me to understand the nature of NCDs, as well as the things we can do to prevent ourselves from being prey to these

By Raj K

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Oct 08, 2018

awesome course!

By Karla F F S

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Sep 20, 2018

Fue un curso muy útil para mi, ya que soy Nutricionista y me entregó herramientas para poder trabajar con mis pacientes en el día a día. Recomendaría este curso sin duda a mis colegas y profesionales de la salud.

By JOHN Q

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Jan 15, 2018

AN IMPORTANT COURSE!

By Lillian L

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Nov 19, 2017

Very interesting and educational course. I would recommend it to anyone interested in chronic diseases or anyone who wants to live a healthy life.

By Wayne F

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Jan 28, 2018

Excellent course. Not too long, not too short. Useful for those with a scientific and non-scientific background.

By Magdalene M A

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May 20, 2019

Great course!

By Temitope A

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Aug 22, 2019

loved this course, enjoyed all the leectures and assignments. very interesting!

By margaret H

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Jan 04, 2019

Great course. the only thing that discouraged me is peer assignments, waiting and waiting for someone to mark my work.

By Md. Y H

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Nov 14, 2018

It's really a fruitful course for any aged people to know how to manage the life style. I think its a fundamental course for each of us.

By Hallam B

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Mar 21, 2019

Excellent course. I especially like the assignments where participants were asked to design intervention programs based on the case options that were presented.

By Shahzad S

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Oct 12, 2017

I a time saving courses for learner.

By Mujitha B

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Aug 06, 2017

Very good